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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
correlational study
treatment
initial-letter strategies
reversibility
2. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
assimilation
Premack Principle
knowledge construction
cues
3. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
parts of a direct instruction lesson
summative evaluations
small muscle development
4. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
critical thinking
variable
theory
two-way bilingual education
5. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
PQ4R method
preconventional level of morality
single-case experiment
elaboration
6. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
paired-associate learning
process-product studies
vicarious learning
cooperative scripting
7. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
class inclusion
loci method
extinction burst
self-questioning strategies
8. 5 to 9 pieces of information
learning
formal operational stage
retroactive inhibition
working memory capacity
9. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
solitary play
developmentally appropriate education
retroactive facilitation
flashbulb memory
10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
procedural memory
bottom-up processing
Skinner box
uncorrelated variables
11. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
episodic memory
group contingencies
psychosocial theory
stimuli
12. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
reflectivity
interference
intimacy vs. isolation
lesson clarity
13. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
growth needs
preoperational stage
transfer of learning
transitivity
14. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
rule-example-rule
emergent literacy
working memory capacity
15. Continuation (of behavior)
random assignment
recency effect
maintenance
distributed practice
16. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
negative correlation
heteronomous morality
psychosocial crisis
centration
17. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
content integration
stimuli
social comparison
18. The study of learning and teaching.
correlational study
mock participation
educational psychology
conventional level of morality
19. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
moral dilemmas
bilingual education
behavior-content matrix
associative play
20. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
class inclusion
critical thinking
long-term memory
descriptive research
21. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
Skinner box
preconventional level of morality
enactment
outlining
22. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
concept
psychosocial theory
development
social learning theory
23. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
metacognitive skills
nongraded programs
solitary play
proactive inhibition
24. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
secondary reinforcer
perception
english immersion
keyword method
25. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
worked examples
schemata
proactive facilitation
behavior-content matrix
26. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
intimacy vs. isolation
schemes
elaboration
27. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
development
identity vs. role confusion
note-taking
readiness training
28. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
attention
retroactive facilitation
Blooms Taxonomy
29. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
conservation
learned helplessness
direct instruction
continuous theories of development
30. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
working memory capacity
formative evaluation
emergent literacy
social learning theory
31. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
achievement motivation
transitivity
process-product studies
32. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
criterion-references interpretations
shaping
accommodation
review prerequisites
33. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
recency effect
variable
cognitive learning theories
early intervention program
34. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
shaping
unconditioned stimulus
self-regulated learners
identity achievement
35. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
content evidence
advance organizers
parts of a direct instruction lesson
applied behavior analysis
36. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
rote learning
paired bilingual education
readiness training
nformation-processing theory
37. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
observational learning
paired-associate learning
preoperational stage
teacher efficacy
38. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
elaboration
prosocial behaviors
preoperational stage
punishment
39. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
shaping
postconventional level of morality
group contingencies
behavior-content matrix
40. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
enactment
short-term/ working memory
untracking
lesson clarity
41. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
outlining
motivation
paired bilingual education
english immersion
42. Play that occurs alone.
presentation punishment
unconditioned stimulus
regrouping
solitary play
43. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
unconditioned stimulus
foreclosure
bottom-up processing
shaping
44. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
imagery
growth needs
outlining
egocentric
45. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
random assignment
affective objectives
teacher efficacy
knowledge construction
46. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
individualized instruction
reciprocal teaching
control group
direct instruction
47. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
proactive inhibition
wait time
multiple intelligences
retroactive facilitation
48. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
theory
control group
Premack Principle
pedagogy
49. 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
criterion-related evidence
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
compensatory preschool programs
regrouping
50. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
experiment
flashbulb memory
private speech
learned helplessness
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