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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
cognitive apprenticeship
stimuli
enactment
2. A person's interpretation of stimuli
perception
levels-of-processing theory
integrity vs. despiar
formative evaluation
3. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
home-based reinforcement strategies
learned helplessness
variable
trust vs. mistrust
4. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
self-regulation
Skinner box
achievement motivation
mediated learning
5. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
conventional level of morality
mock participation
foreclosure
6. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
transitional bilingual education
reflexes
summarizing
cues
7. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
interference
assertive discipline
attribution theory
calling order
8. 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
Blooms Taxonomy
sensory register
regrouping
compensatory education
9. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
levels-of-processing theory
imagery
sex-role behavior
variable-interval schedule.
10. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
enactment
reinforcer
moral dilemmas
group contingencies
11. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
applied behavior analysis
descriptive research
integrity vs. despiar
constructivism
12. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
external locus of control
constructivism
intentionality
theory
13. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
learning goals
cognitive behavior modification
QAIT model
sensorimotor stage
14. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
pegword method
wait time
verbal learning
seatwork
15. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
external validity
worked examples
self-regulation
initiative vs. guilt
16. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
mapping
cooperative learning
experimental group
17. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
punishment
mnemonics
reflectivity
maintenance
18. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
shaping
perception
english immersion
affective objectives
19. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
seriation
verbal learning
summative evaluations
20. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus
attribution theory
negative correlation
rule-example-rule
21. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
action research
bottom-up processing
sensory register
industry vs. inferiority
22. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
meaningful learning
theory
choral responses
23. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
analogies
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
summarizing
sensorimotor stage
24. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
top-down processing
neutral stimuli
conventional level of morality
elaboration
25. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
external validity
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
antecedent stimuli
achievement motivation
26. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
positive correlation
note-taking
conventional level of morality
27. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
laboratory experiment
presentation punishment
summative evaluations
modeling
28. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
english immersion
intelligence
dual code theory of memory
unconditioned stimulus
29. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
emergent literacy
episodic memory
criterion-related evidence
attention
30. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
concrete operational stage
industry vs. inferiority
conventional level of morality
intelligence quotient (IQ)
31. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
motivation
distributed practice
vicarious learning
integrity vs. despiar
32. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
behavioral learning theories
retroactive inhibition
nformation-processing theory
operant conditioning
33. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
object permanence
Joplin Plan
adaptation
content evidence
34. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
action research
solitary play
working memory capacity
instrumental enrichment
35. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
achievement motivation
advance organizers
accommodation
mnemonics
36. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
criterion-related evidence
identity diffusion
elaboration
self-esteem
37. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.
rehearsal
educational psychology
imagery
mediated learning
38. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
analogies
mapping
learning probes
compensatory preschool programs
39. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
constructivist theories of learning
nongraded programs
intimacy vs. isolation
40. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
flashbulb memory
large muscle development
expectancy-valence model
learning probes
41. 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.
equity pedagogy
self-regulation
unconditioned stimulus
emergent literacy
42. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
egocentric
industry vs. inferiority
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
cues
43. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
mental set
knowledge construction
autonomy vs. doubt
cognitive apprenticeship
44. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
conservation
summative evaluations
multiple intelligences
learning
45. 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.
learning
note-taking
transitional bilingual education
means-ends analysis
46. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
solitary play
Premack Principle
aptitude-treatment interaction
internal validity
47. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
overlapping
random assignment
nongraded programs
conditioned stimulus
48. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
effective teaching
levels-of-processing theory
cues
retroactive facilitation
49. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
reinforcer
review prerequisites
withitness
effective use of independent practice time
50. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
developmentally appropriate education
note-taking
discovery learning
reciprocal teaching