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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
correlational study
initiative vs. guilt
attention
summarizing
2. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
sensorimotor stage
law
self-questioning strategies
levels-of-processing theory
3. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
scaffolding
multiple intelligences
fixed-interval schedule
negative correlation
4. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
sensorimotor stage
extinction burst
descriptive research
paired-associate learning
5. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
metacognition
assertive discipline
randomized field experiment
inferred reality
6. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
concept
individualized instruction
expectancy-valence model
initial-letter strategies
7. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
english immersion
heteronomous morality
group contingencies
sensorimotor stage
8. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
pegword method
randomized field experiment
centration
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
9. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
accommodation
descriptive research
preoperational stage
behavioral learning theories
10. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
seriation
mnemonics
sex-role behavior
metacognition
11. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
seriation
learning probes
assertive discipline
12. 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.
worked examples
reversibility
means-ends analysis
effective use of independent practice time
13. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
randomized field experiment
self-esteem
nformation-processing theory
self-regulation
14. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
distributed practice
learning probes
bilingual education
class inclusion
15. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
rule-example-rule
modeling
identity achievement
Skinner box
16. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
cues
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
secondary reinforcer
self-regulated learners
17. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
proactive inhibition
knowledge construction
developmentally appropriate education
maintenance
18. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
schemata
summarizing
automaticity
19. 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.
small muscle development
associative play
presentation punishment
private speech
20. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
industry vs. inferiority
schemes
psychosocial theory
random assignment
21. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
summarizing
calling order
Joplin Plan
withitness
22. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
random assignment
meaningful learning
negative correlation
reciprocal teaching
23. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
sensorimotor stage
calling order
randomized field experiment
moratorium
24. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
massed practice
single-case experiment
initial-letter strategies
equity pedagogy
25. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
punishment
inferred reality
transitional bilingual education
26. 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
regrouping
foreclosure
QAIT model
intelligence
27. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
operant conditioning
emergent literacy
pedagogy
semantic memory
28. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
primary reinforcer
criterion-related evidence
cognitive apprenticeship
29. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
cognitive learning theories
self-regulation
extinction
wait time
30. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
advance organizers
intelligence
negative correlation
criterion-related evidence
31. The study of learning and teaching.
Joplin Plan
educational psychology
schema theory
sex-role behavior
32. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
note-taking
calling order
aptitude-treatment interaction
outlining
33. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
reversibility
identity vs. role confusion
multiple intelligences
34. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
schedule of reinforcement
independent practice
cognitive apprenticeship
worked examples
35. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
verbal learning
sensorimotor stage
procedural memory
cognitive apprenticeship
36. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
derived scores
laboratory experiment
classical conditioning
experimental group
37. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
means-ends analysis
reversibility
meaningful learning
paired bilingual education
38. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
group contingencies
solitary play
episodic memory
short-term/ working memory
39. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
criterion-related evidence
antecedent stimuli
top-down processing
withitness
40. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
fixed-interval schedule
long-term memory
summarizing
cognitive development
41. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
experiment
levels-of-processing theory
vicarious learning
seriation
42. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
prosocial behaviors
positive correlation
action research
direct instruction
43. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
variable
note-taking
dual code theory of memory
44. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
reflectivity
bilingual education
communicating positive expectations
knowledge construction
45. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
experimental group
large muscle development
process-product studies
transfer of learning
46. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
communicating positive expectations
intentionality
egocentric
preoperational stage
47. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
metacognitive skills
constructivist theories of learning
external locus of control
negative correlation
48. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
primacy effect
flashbulb memory
continuous theories of development
learned helplessness
49. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
solitary play
meaningful learning
between-class ability grouping
50. 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.
long-term memory
heteronomous morality
developmentally appropriate education
working memory capacity