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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Research + common sense






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






3. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






4. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






5. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






6. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






8. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






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






10. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






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






13. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






15. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






16. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






17. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






18. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






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






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






21. 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






22. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






23. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






24. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






25. 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.






26. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






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






28. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






30. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






31. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






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






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






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






35. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






36. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






43. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






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






45. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






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






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






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






49. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






50. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential