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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






2. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






3. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






4. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






5. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






6. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






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






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






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






10. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






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






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






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






15. Play that occurs alone.






16. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






17. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






18. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






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






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






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






22. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






23. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






24. A person's interpretation of stimuli






25. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






26. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






27. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






28. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






29. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






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






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






32. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






33. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






34. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






35. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






36. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






37. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






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






39. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






40. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






41. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






42. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






43. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






44. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






45. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






46. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






47. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






48. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






49. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






50. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.