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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






3. Events that precede behaviors






4. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






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






6. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






7. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






8. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






9. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






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






20. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






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






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






24. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






25. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






26. 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.






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






28. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






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






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






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






34. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






35. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






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






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






38. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






39. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






40. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






41. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






49. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






50. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.