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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
private speech
rule-example-rule
paired-associate learning
recency effect
2. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
self-concept
direct instruction
shaping
postconventional level of morality
3. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
keyword method
achievement motivation
autonomous morality
individualized instruction
4. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
norm-referenced interpretations
seriation
solitary play
review prerequisites
5. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
external validity
individualized instruction
self-regulation
6. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
short-term/ working memory
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
negative correlation
outlining
7. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
effective teaching
within-class ability grouping
paired bilingual education
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
8. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
loci method
interference
fixed-interval schedule
Joplin Plan
9. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
internal validity
pegword method
formative evaluation
shaping
10. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
treatment
preconventional level of morality
mental set
11. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
review prerequisites
social learning theory
correlational study
social comparison
12. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
generativity vs self-absorption
verbal learning
classical conditioning
effective teaching
13. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
content evidence
single-case experiment
cooperative scripting
early intervention program
14. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
paired bilingual education
self-regulated learners
retroactive inhibition
massed practice
15. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
levels-of-processing theory
worked examples
neutral stimuli
cooperative play
16. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
individualized instruction
learning probes
growth needs
17. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
postconventional level of morality
uncorrelated variables
action research
short-term/ working memory
18. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
retroactive inhibition
english immersion
calling order
psychosocial crisis
19. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
action research
top-down processing
seatwork
primacy effect
20. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
multiple intelligences
neutral stimuli
external locus of control
conditioned stimulus
21. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
within-class ability grouping
object permanence
retroactive facilitation
rule-example-rule
22. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
Skinner box
sensory register
formal operational stage
prosocial behaviors
23. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
maintenance
retroactive facilitation
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
classical conditioning
24. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
paired bilingual education
Blooms Taxonomy
learning goals
schedule of reinforcement
25. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
procedural memory
dual code theory of memory
primary reinforcer
modeling
26. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
generativity vs self-absorption
proactive facilitation
prosocial behaviors
compensatory preschool programs
27. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
analogies
learning goals
mnemonics
locus of control
28. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
identity achievement
analogies
behavior-content matrix
prejudice reduction
29. 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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30. Continuation (of behavior)
advance organizers
untracking
QAIT model
maintenance
31. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
choral responses
foreclosure
episodic memory
industry vs. inferiority
32. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
nformation-processing theory
means-ends analysis
constructivism
equilibration
33. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
procedural memory
critical thinking
observational learning
motivation
34. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
applied behavior analysis
serial learning
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
lesson clarity
35. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
schemata
between-class ability grouping
discontinuous theories of development
major stage theorists
36. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
dual code theory of memory
associative play
industry vs. inferiority
development
37. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
inert knowledge
mental set
short-term/ working memory
PQ4R method
38. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
performance goals
associative play
identity diffusion
calling order
39. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
effective teaching
short-term/ working memory
learning goals
schemata
40. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
analogies
instrumental enrichment
equity pedagogy
content integration
41. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
concept
self-esteem
performance goals
deficiency needs
42. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
learned helplessness
direct instruction
laboratory experiment
Premack Principle
43. 5 to 9 pieces of information
initiative vs. guilt
summative evaluations
choral responses
working memory capacity
44. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
knowledge construction
psychosocial theory
two-way bilingual education
applied behavior analysis
45. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
analogies
QAIT model
reversibility
meaningful learning
46. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
parallel play
Joplin Plan
applied behavior analysis
compensatory education
47. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
mapping
Joplin Plan
proactive facilitation
free-recall learning
48. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
neutral stimuli
intimacy vs. isolation
primary reinforcer
equity pedagogy
49. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
negative correlation
educational psychology
schemes
mnemonics
50. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
communicating positive expectations
working memory capacity
transitional bilingual education
educational psychology