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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
concept
egocentric
flashbulb memory
english immersion
2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
cognitive development
calling order
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
associative play
3. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
social learning theory
within-class ability grouping
discontinuous theories of development
outlining
4. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
generativity vs self-absorption
sensorimotor stage
schema theory
identity vs. role confusion
5. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
communicating positive expectations
mapping
content evidence
self-regulation
6. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
variable-interval schedule.
behavior-content matrix
compensatory education
note-taking
7. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
trust vs. mistrust
home-based reinforcement strategies
Joplin Plan
8. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
emergent literacy
control group
laboratory experiment
pedagogy
9. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
proactive facilitation
performance goals
preconventional level of morality
educational psychology
10. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
outlining
experimental group
imagery
operant conditioning
11. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
Skinner box
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
generativity vs self-absorption
consequences
12. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
conservation
top-down processing
prosocial behaviors
treatment
13. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
discrimination
calling order
massed practice
14. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
worked examples
bilingual education
15. A person's interpretation of stimuli
law
self-regulated learners
perception
recency effect
16. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
enactment
dual code theory of memory
levels-of-processing theory
loci method
17. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
keyword method
paired bilingual education
metacognitive skills
rule-example-rule
18. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
self-regulation
behavior-content matrix
cognitive behavior modification
proactive facilitation
19. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
self-regulation
equilibration
initiative vs. guilt
20. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
theory
discontinuous theories of development
punishment
21. 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
Skinner box
modeling
learning probes
22. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
derived scores
self-regulated learners
interference
integrity vs. despiar
23. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
development
review prerequisites
descriptive research
action research
24. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
negative correlation
calling order
antecedent stimuli
regrouping
25. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
social learning theory
learning
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
sign systems
26. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
random assignment
automaticity
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
negative correlation
27. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
paired bilingual education
autonomous morality
formative evaluation
theory
28. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
bottom-up processing
internal validity
observational learning
29. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
psychosocial theory
learning
law
cognitive development
30. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
criterion-references interpretations
metacognitive skills
sign systems
generativity vs self-absorption
31. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
analogies
fixed-interval schedule
attribution theory
early intervention program
32. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
proactive inhibition
transfer of learning
assimilation
rehearsal
33. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
motivation
content integration
worked examples
34. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
automaticity
means-ends analysis
retroactive inhibition
effective use of independent practice time
35. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
motivation
preoperational stage
PQ4R method
transitivity
36. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
modeling
intimacy vs. isolation
cognitive behavior modification
equilibration
37. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
serial learning
two-way bilingual education
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
discontinuous theories of development
38. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
readiness training
primacy effect
learning goals
locus of control
39. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
foreclosure
learning probes
meaningful learning
dual code theory of memory
40. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
performance goals
egocentric
worked examples
conventional level of morality
41. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
schemata
multiple intelligences
criterion-references interpretations
external validity
42. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
continuous theories of development
serial learning
between-class ability grouping
43. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
self-regulation
principle
autonomous morality
44. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
concept
mnemonics
compensatory preschool programs
withitness
45. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
reciprocal teaching
egocentric
criterion-references interpretations
heteronomous morality
46. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
control group
neutral stimuli
worked examples
47. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
heteronomous morality
self-questioning strategies
intelligence quotient (IQ)
presentation punishment
48. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
schemes
intentionality
equity pedagogy
performance goals
49. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
home-based reinforcement strategies
rote learning
content integration
behavior-content matrix
50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
discovery learning
seriation
nongraded programs
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)