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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






2. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






3. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






4. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






5. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






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






7. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






8. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






9. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






10. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






11. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






12. Events that precede behaviors






13. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






14. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






15. 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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16. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






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






18. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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






20. 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






21. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






22. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






23. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






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






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






26. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






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






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






29. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






30. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






32. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






33. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






34. 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.






35. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






36. Research + common sense






37. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






38. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






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






40. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






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






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






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






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






45. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






47. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






48. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






49. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.