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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
autonomy vs. doubt
massed practice
learning goals
learned helplessness
2. Learning of a list of items in any order.
wait time
positive correlation
uncorrelated variables
free-recall learning
3. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
means-ends analysis
trust vs. mistrust
observational learning
4. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
elaboration
concrete operational stage
transitional bilingual education
primary reinforcer
5. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
schema theory
punishment
analogies
sensorimotor stage
6. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
note-taking
cognitive behavior modification
home-based reinforcement strategies
extinction burst
7. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
concrete operational stage
summative evaluations
content integration
extinction
8. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
calling order
readiness training
intelligence quotient (IQ)
principle
9. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
effective use of independent practice time
trust vs. mistrust
internal validity
instrumental enrichment
10. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
intentionality
self-concept
generativity vs self-absorption
proactive facilitation
11. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
extinction burst
negative correlation
effective use of independent practice time
foreclosure
12. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
class inclusion
choral responses
nformation-processing theory
nongraded programs
13. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
semantic memory
extinction
between-class ability grouping
educational psychology
14. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
review prerequisites
experimental group
psychosocial crisis
15. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
communicating positive expectations
discrimination
early intervention program
schemata
16. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
sensorimotor stage
zone of proximal development
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
17. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
external validity
withitness
positive correlation
seatwork
18. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
theory
negative correlation
observational learning
retroactive inhibition
19. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
rehearsal
english immersion
mental set
proactive inhibition
20. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
shaping
object permanence
prejudice reduction
scaffolding
21. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
free-recall learning
conventional level of morality
industry vs. inferiority
intimacy vs. isolation
22. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
social comparison
prejudice reduction
PQ4R method
schedule of reinforcement
23. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
schedule of reinforcement
self-regulation
interference
24. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
paired-associate learning
schedule of reinforcement
inferred reality
25. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
fixed-interval schedule
performance goals
reflectivity
emergent literacy
26. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
major stage theorists
elaboration
process-product studies
27. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
PQ4R method
summarizing
instrumental enrichment
massed practice
28. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
metacognitive skills
self-esteem
worked examples
intelligence
29. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
proactive facilitation
constructivist theories of learning
summarizing
descriptive research
30. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
analogies
proactive facilitation
rule-example-rule
31. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
removal punishment
identity vs. role confusion
two-way bilingual education
trust vs. mistrust
32. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
analogies
cognitive learning theories
seatwork
secondary reinforcer
33. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
intelligence
self-actualization
between-class ability grouping
postconventional level of morality
34. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
integrity vs. despiar
early intervention program
effective teaching
paired bilingual education
35. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
imagery
formal operational stage
fixed-interval schedule
performance goals
36. 5 to 9 pieces of information
top-down processing
working memory capacity
initial-letter strategies
serial learning
37. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
cooperative learning
metacognitive skills
reflexes
summarizing
38. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
expectancy-valence model
discrimination
private speech
correlational study
39. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
advance organizers
early intervention program
behavior-content matrix
40. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
critical thinking
norm-referenced interpretations
learning probes
41. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
self-questioning strategies
calling order
single-case experiment
review prerequisites
42. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
perception
learning probes
43. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
nformation-processing theory
choral responses
episodic memory
randomized field experiment
44. 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.
laboratory experiment
preconventional level of morality
mediated learning
vicarious learning
45. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
cues
interference
equity pedagogy
single-case experiment
46. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
criterion-related evidence
conservation
concrete operational stage
object permanence
47. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
home-based reinforcement strategies
development
pedagogy
keyword method
48. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
schemata
schemes
action research
initiative vs. guilt
49. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
transitivity
readiness training
removal punishment
conditioned stimulus
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
top-down processing
schemata
self-regulation
variable-interval schedule.