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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
overlapping
centration
verbal learning
conditioned stimulus
2. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
solitary play
experimental group
compensatory education
cooperative play
3. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
schema theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
rote learning
flashbulb memory
4. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
criterion-references interpretations
cues
developmentally appropriate education
5. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
distributed practice
cooperative learning
english immersion
cognitive development
6. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
regrouping
accommodation
industry vs. inferiority
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
7. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
cooperative scripting
concrete operational stage
Blooms Taxonomy
random assignment
8. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
affective objectives
maintenance
sensory register
9. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
preoperational stage
english immersion
regrouping
10. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
expectancy theory
development
primary reinforcer
transitivity
11. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
parts of a direct instruction lesson
achievement motivation
social comparison
criterion-references interpretations
12. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
extinction
expectancy theory
teacher efficacy
advance organizers
13. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
extinction burst
randomized field experiment
two-way bilingual education
top-down processing
14. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
perception
emergent literacy
flashbulb memory
working memory capacity
15. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
regrouping
experiment
two-way bilingual education
process-product studies
16. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
long-term memory
Joplin Plan
loci method
derived scores
17. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
early intervention program
aptitude-treatment interaction
self-regulation
overlapping
18. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
single-case experiment
moratorium
self-regulation
verbal learning
19. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
scaffolding
seatwork
transitivity
schemata
20. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
parallel play
intelligence quotient (IQ)
formal operational stage
calling order
21. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
note-taking
generalization
positive correlation
internal validity
22. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
self-regulation
mental set
neutral stimuli
23. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
moral dilemmas
reversibility
outlining
experiment
24. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
moratorium
self-questioning strategies
conservation
semantic memory
25. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
emergent literacy
cooperative learning
positive correlation
reversibility
26. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
development
effective teaching
retroactive facilitation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
27. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
conditioned stimulus
lesson clarity
discovery learning
keyword method
28. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
discontinuous theories of development
choral responses
antecedent stimuli
self-concept
29. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
rule-example-rule
major stage theorists
effective teaching
self-questioning strategies
30. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
preconventional level of morality
direct instruction
punishment
psychosocial theory
31. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
sensorimotor stage
home-based reinforcement strategies
performance goals
individualized instruction
32. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
assimilation
retroactive inhibition
withitness
observational learning
33. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
elaboration
intimacy vs. isolation
growth needs
zone of proximal development
34. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
pegword method
paired-associate learning
law
egocentric
35. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
theory
extinction burst
assertive discipline
self-actualization
36. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
conventional level of morality
short-term/ working memory
process-product studies
proactive facilitation
37. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
reflexes
aptitude-treatment interaction
action research
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
38. Perception of and response to different stimuli
discrimination
industry vs. inferiority
achievement motivation
note-taking
39. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
recency effect
expectancy theory
paired bilingual education
40. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
pedagogy
choral responses
negative correlation
concept
41. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
applied behavior analysis
expectancy-valence model
experiment
generalization
42. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
top-down processing
zone of proximal development
development
assertive discipline
43. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
autonomy vs. doubt
discovery learning
trust vs. mistrust
attention
44. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
transfer of learning
QAIT model
removal punishment
conventional level of morality
45. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
summarizing
formal operational stage
verbal learning
self-regulation
46. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
treatment
maintenance
internal validity
social learning theory
47. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
industry vs. inferiority
group contingencies
social comparison
48. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
continuous theories of development
maintenance
between-class ability grouping
reflexes
49. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
locus of control
levels-of-processing theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
psychosocial crisis
50. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
cognitive apprenticeship
preconventional level of morality
direct instruction
recency effect