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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






2. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






3. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






4. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.






5. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






6. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






7. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






8. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






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






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






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






12. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






13. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






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






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






16. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






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






18. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






19. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






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






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






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






23. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






24. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






25. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






26. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






27. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






28. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






30. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






31. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






32. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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






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






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






36. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






37. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






38. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






39. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






40. Continuation (of behavior)






41. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






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






43. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






44. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






46. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






47. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






48. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






49. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






50. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co