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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
effective teaching
educational psychology
rote learning
self-questioning strategies
2. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
class inclusion
generalization
fixed-interval schedule
affective objectives
3. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
levels-of-processing theory
continuous theories of development
verbal learning
summarizing
4. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
modeling
inert knowledge
assimilation
5. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
withitness
object permanence
identity vs. role confusion
learning
6. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
sign systems
associative play
procedural memory
educational psychology
7. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
deficiency needs
regrouping
cooperative play
intelligence
8. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
short-term/ working memory
equilibration
content evidence
metacognitive skills
9. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
behavior-content matrix
associative play
primacy effect
summative evaluations
10. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
PQ4R method
knowledge construction
preconventional level of morality
distributed practice
11. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
extinction burst
performance goals
free-recall learning
12. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
external locus of control
sensory register
principle
PQ4R method
13. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
schedule of reinforcement
group contingencies
cognitive apprenticeship
theory
14. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
choral responses
conditioned stimulus
short-term/ working memory
worked examples
15. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
reflectivity
primacy effect
development
note-taking
16. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
solitary play
parts of a direct instruction lesson
locus of control
17. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
choral responses
identity achievement
self-concept
autonomous morality
18. Play that occurs alone.
rote learning
cognitive apprenticeship
solitary play
primary reinforcer
19. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
readiness training
episodic memory
cognitive apprenticeship
20. Continuation (of behavior)
maintenance
seatwork
shaping
withitness
21. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
self-actualization
internal validity
removal punishment
knowledge construction
22. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
vicarious learning
secondary reinforcer
locus of control
23. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
loci method
independent practice
reversibility
expectancy theory
24. 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.
critical thinking
emergent literacy
egocentric
moral dilemmas
25. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
inert knowledge
cooperative play
preconventional level of morality
paired bilingual education
26. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
prejudice reduction
metacognition
psychosocial theory
expectancy-valence model
27. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
knowledge construction
industry vs. inferiority
semantic memory
accommodation
28. 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.
cognitive development
independent practice
postconventional level of morality
laboratory experiment
29. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
reinforcer
correlational study
nformation-processing theory
pegword method
30. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
review prerequisites
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
paired-associate learning
31. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
constructivist theories of learning
multiple intelligences
content evidence
stimuli
32. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
constructivism
object permanence
expectancy theory
33. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
intelligence
extinction burst
content evidence
experiment
34. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
proactive inhibition
centration
prejudice reduction
development
35. 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
effective use of independent practice time
autonomy vs. doubt
readiness training
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
36. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
moratorium
principle
teacher efficacy
continuous theories of development
37. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
mnemonics
shaping
bottom-up processing
schemata
38. 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.
rote learning
initial-letter strategies
growth needs
heteronomous morality
39. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
content evidence
dual code theory of memory
rule-example-rule
inferred reality
40. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
episodic memory
positive correlation
working memory capacity
review prerequisites
41. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
schemata
Joplin Plan
principle
primary reinforcer
42. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
self-regulated learners
retroactive inhibition
self-esteem
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
43. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
initiative vs. guilt
presentation punishment
norm-referenced interpretations
compensatory preschool programs
44. 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)
constructivist theories of learning
punishment
cognitive development
QAIT model
45. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
neutral stimuli
QAIT model
primary reinforcer
discrimination
46. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
Skinner box
object permanence
Premack Principle
secondary reinforcer
47. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
enactment
reflexes
dual code theory of memory
major stage theorists
48. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
english immersion
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
proactive facilitation
presentation punishment
49. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
parallel play
nongraded programs
initial-letter strategies
sensorimotor stage
50. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
scaffolding
pedagogy
positive correlation
social learning theory