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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A person's interpretation of stimuli
advance organizers
intelligence
maintenance
perception
2. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
direct instruction
conditioned stimulus
self-regulation
3. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
extinction
concrete operational stage
content integration
learned helplessness
4. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
schemata
attribution theory
flashbulb memory
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
5. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
retroactive inhibition
levels-of-processing theory
self-questioning strategies
6. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
effective teaching
continuous theories of development
meaningful learning
preoperational stage
7. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
lesson clarity
observational learning
internal validity
sex-role behavior
8. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
PQ4R method
formal operational stage
english immersion
9. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
readiness training
trust vs. mistrust
mock participation
verbal learning
10. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
descriptive research
teacher efficacy
learning
randomized field experiment
11. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
identity diffusion
egocentric
cognitive apprenticeship
12. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
home-based reinforcement strategies
conventional level of morality
vicarious learning
removal punishment
13. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
group contingencies
serial learning
cognitive learning theories
foreclosure
14. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
episodic memory
aptitude-treatment interaction
bottom-up processing
multiple intelligences
15. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
social learning theory
untracking
negative correlation
16. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
readiness training
keyword method
schema theory
massed practice
17. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
law
withitness
cognitive behavior modification
egocentric
18. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
correlational study
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
variable-interval schedule.
preconventional level of morality
19. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
compensatory preschool programs
sensory register
large muscle development
self-regulation
20. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
outlining
Premack Principle
wait time
small muscle development
21. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
derived scores
individualized instruction
transitivity
schedule of reinforcement
22. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
within-class ability grouping
norm-referenced interpretations
random assignment
pedagogy
23. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
removal punishment
zone of proximal development
expectancy theory
multiple intelligences
24. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
two-way bilingual education
internal validity
heteronomous morality
parts of a direct instruction lesson
25. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
between-class ability grouping
locus of control
fixed-interval schedule
inferred reality
26. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
mediated learning
centration
advance organizers
industry vs. inferiority
27. Play that occurs alone.
concrete operational stage
semantic memory
Blooms Taxonomy
solitary play
28. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
learned helplessness
secondary reinforcer
laboratory experiment
discovery learning
29. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
lesson clarity
learned helplessness
adaptation
30. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
discontinuous theories of development
verbal learning
developmentally appropriate education
overlapping
31. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
solitary play
small muscle development
summarizing
inferred reality
32. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
consequences
maintenance
home-based reinforcement strategies
applied behavior analysis
33. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
scaffolding
conservation
rehearsal
self-actualization
34. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
QAIT model
parallel play
analogies
egocentric
35. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
prosocial behaviors
constructivist theories of learning
summative evaluations
36. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
intimacy vs. isolation
growth needs
levels-of-processing theory
locus of control
37. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
neutral stimuli
PQ4R method
applied behavior analysis
within-class ability grouping
38. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
sensorimotor stage
long-term memory
QAIT model
private speech
39. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
enactment
content evidence
associative play
40. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
major stage theorists
nformation-processing theory
zone of proximal development
preoperational stage
41. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
paired-associate learning
recency effect
concrete operational stage
nformation-processing theory
42. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
withitness
parallel play
punishment
effective teaching
43. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
reflectivity
wait time
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
correlational study
44. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
paired-associate learning
untracking
secondary reinforcer
seriation
45. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
prosocial behaviors
educational psychology
large muscle development
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
46. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
laboratory experiment
schema theory
equity pedagogy
47. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
keyword method
Joplin Plan
primary reinforcer
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
48. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
intimacy vs. isolation
continuous theories of development
effective teaching
49. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
independent practice
early intervention program
moratorium
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
50. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
proactive facilitation
verbal learning
transitional bilingual education