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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Continuation (of behavior)






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






3. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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






5. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






7. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






9. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






10. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






12. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






13. Learning of a list of items in any order.






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






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






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






17. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






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






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






20. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






21. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






22. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






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






24. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






25. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






26. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






27. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






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






29. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






30. A person's interpretation of stimuli






31. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






32. The study of learning and teaching.






33. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






34. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






35. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






37. Perception of and response to different stimuli






38. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






39. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






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






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






42. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






43. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






44. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






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. 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)






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






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






49. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






50. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)