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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






2. 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.






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






4. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






5. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






6. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






7. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






8. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






9. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






10. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






11. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






12. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






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






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






15. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






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






17. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






18. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






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






20. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






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






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






23. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






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






25. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






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






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






29. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






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






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






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






33. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






34. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






36. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






37. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






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






39. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






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






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






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






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






44. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






45. 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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46. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






47. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






48. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






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






50. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)







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