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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






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






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






4. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






5. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






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






7. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






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






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






10. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






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






12. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






13. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






14. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






15. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






16. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






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






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






19. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






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






27. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






28. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






29. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






30. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






31. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






32. 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.






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






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






35. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






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






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






38. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






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






40. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






46. 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.






47. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






48. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






49. Continuation (of behavior)






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







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