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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






2. 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






3. A change in an individual that results from experience.






4. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






5. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






6. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






7. 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.






8. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






9. 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.






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






11. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






12. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






13. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






14. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






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






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






17. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






19. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






20. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






21. 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






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






23. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






24. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






25. 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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26. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






27. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






28. Continuation (of behavior)






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






30. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






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






32. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






33. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






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






35. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






36. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






37. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






38. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






39. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






40. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






41. 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.






42. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






43. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






44. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






45. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






46. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






48. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






49. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






50. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.