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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






2. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






3. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






4. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






5. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






6. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






7. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






8. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






9. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






10. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






11. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






12. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






13. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






14. A change in an individual that results from experience.






15. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






16. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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17. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






18. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






19. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






20. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






21. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






22. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






23. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






24. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






25. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






26. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






27. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






28. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






29. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






30. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






31. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






32. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






33. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






34. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






35. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






36. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






37. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






38. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






39. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






40. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






41. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






42. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






43. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






44. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






45. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






46. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






47. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






48. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






49. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






50. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge