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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
means-ends analysis
law
antecedent stimuli
mapping
2. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
concrete operational stage
bilingual education
single-case experiment
group contingencies
3. Play that occurs alone.
perception
solitary play
conditioned stimulus
mnemonics
4. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
learning probes
content integration
intelligence quotient (IQ)
paired-associate learning
5. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
sign systems
behavioral learning theories
schemata
levels-of-processing theory
6. Continuation (of behavior)
maintenance
perception
autonomy vs. doubt
private speech
7. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
paired-associate learning
procedural memory
vicarious learning
inferred reality
8. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
educational psychology
fixed-interval schedule
intimacy vs. isolation
prejudice reduction
9. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
flashbulb memory
communicating positive expectations
identity diffusion
generalization
10. 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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11. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
cognitive learning theories
semantic memory
initial-letter strategies
12. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
theory
Skinner box
process-product studies
summarizing
13. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
compensatory preschool programs
interference
mapping
14. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
discovery learning
self-actualization
seriation
parts of a direct instruction lesson
15. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
nformation-processing theory
compensatory education
rule-example-rule
16. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
lesson clarity
identity achievement
multiple intelligences
distributed practice
17. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
schema theory
intimacy vs. isolation
sensorimotor stage
cognitive development
18. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
preconventional level of morality
conservation
identity diffusion
schedule of reinforcement
19. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
autonomous morality
conventional level of morality
pedagogy
loci method
20. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
retroactive facilitation
moral dilemmas
postconventional level of morality
pegword method
21. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
self-questioning strategies
unconditioned stimulus
summative evaluations
metacognitive skills
22. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
theory
social comparison
action research
23. 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.
episodic memory
effective teaching
mediated learning
inferred reality
24. 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
automaticity
calling order
observational learning
Joplin Plan
25. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
observational learning
mnemonics
developmentally appropriate education
26. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
theory
autonomous morality
knowledge construction
27. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
metacognition
equity pedagogy
long-term memory
interference
28. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
private speech
neutral stimuli
foreclosure
schemes
29. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
neutral stimuli
schema theory
transitivity
affective objectives
30. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
sex-role behavior
foreclosure
communicating positive expectations
reversibility
31. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
cooperative play
episodic memory
home-based reinforcement strategies
growth needs
32. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
reflexes
large muscle development
cognitive development
QAIT model
33. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
secondary reinforcer
heteronomous morality
cognitive behavior modification
direct instruction
34. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
advance organizers
locus of control
reinforcer
group contingencies
35. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
seatwork
outlining
discrimination
36. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
interference
mnemonics
postconventional level of morality
37. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
initial-letter strategies
reflexes
rule-example-rule
primary reinforcer
38. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
experiment
prosocial behaviors
early intervention program
generativity vs self-absorption
39. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
overlapping
transfer of learning
descriptive research
readiness training
40. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
extinction
cognitive development
retroactive inhibition
generalization
41. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
untracking
verbal learning
keyword method
rule-example-rule
42. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
postconventional level of morality
antecedent stimuli
effective use of independent practice time
self-concept
43. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
individualized instruction
bilingual education
moral dilemmas
intimacy vs. isolation
44. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
self-regulated learners
zone of proximal development
constructivism
emergent literacy
45. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
calling order
constructivism
identity achievement
summarizing
46. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
affective objectives
locus of control
lesson clarity
schemata
47. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
uncorrelated variables
development
consequences
experiment
48. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
extinction
paired-associate learning
reversibility
overlapping
49. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
prosocial behaviors
teacher efficacy
vicarious learning
schemes
50. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
reflectivity
internal validity
egocentric
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule