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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
cooperative learning
affective objectives
formal operational stage
intimacy vs. isolation
2. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
loci method
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
cognitive development
centration
3. 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.
prosocial behaviors
cooperative scripting
integrity vs. despiar
industry vs. inferiority
4. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
mediated learning
effective use of independent practice time
summative evaluations
mnemonics
5. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
postconventional level of morality
mediated learning
conditioned stimulus
6. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
schemes
self-esteem
self-regulation
social learning theory
7. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
transitivity
self-questioning strategies
inert knowledge
8. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
psychosocial crisis
independent practice
neutral stimuli
serial learning
9. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
foreclosure
operant conditioning
free-recall learning
conventional level of morality
10. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
compensatory preschool programs
external locus of control
presentation punishment
conservation
11. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
assertive discipline
small muscle development
elaboration
industry vs. inferiority
12. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
mapping
identity achievement
enactment
13. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
long-term memory
intelligence
laboratory experiment
discovery learning
14. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
classical conditioning
consequences
internal validity
performance goals
15. 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
observational learning
cognitive apprenticeship
behavior-content matrix
seriation
16. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
achievement motivation
moratorium
educational psychology
learned helplessness
17. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
growth needs
enactment
verbal learning
operant conditioning
18. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
concept
individualized instruction
compensatory preschool programs
foreclosure
19. 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.
semantic memory
process-product studies
schema theory
initial-letter strategies
20. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
calling order
achievement motivation
trust vs. mistrust
performance goals
21. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
mapping
identity achievement
postconventional level of morality
random assignment
22. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
punishment
removal punishment
constructivism
operant conditioning
23. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
sensory register
teacher efficacy
norm-referenced interpretations
group contingencies
24. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cooperative learning
punishment
cognitive behavior modification
psychosocial theory
25. 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
assimilation
effective use of independent practice time
mapping
aptitude-treatment interaction
26. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
english immersion
direct instruction
integrity vs. despiar
accommodation
27. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
paired bilingual education
extinction burst
vicarious learning
28. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
imagery
stimuli
semantic memory
associative play
29. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
content integration
levels-of-processing theory
foreclosure
formal operational stage
30. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
independent practice
long-term memory
mapping
mental set
31. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
short-term/ working memory
proactive inhibition
unconditioned stimulus
meaningful learning
32. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
discontinuous theories of development
deficiency needs
motivation
cognitive learning theories
33. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
identity vs. role confusion
english immersion
stimuli
34. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
assertive discipline
instrumental enrichment
consequences
short-term/ working memory
35. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formal operational stage
zone of proximal development
metacognitive skills
postconventional level of morality
36. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
metacognitive skills
overlapping
mediated learning
criterion-references interpretations
37. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
communicating positive expectations
self-actualization
concrete operational stage
variable-interval schedule.
38. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
reflexes
vicarious learning
constructivist theories of learning
correlational study
39. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
pedagogy
assertive discipline
correlational study
instrumental enrichment
40. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
schemes
laboratory experiment
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
inferred reality
41. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
initiative vs. guilt
presentation punishment
rehearsal
discrimination
42. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
cooperative play
social comparison
principle
direct instruction
43. Learning of a list of items in any order.
semantic memory
free-recall learning
schemata
reciprocal teaching
44. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
concrete operational stage
action research
verbal learning
principle
45. 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.
mediated learning
criterion-related evidence
associative play
loci method
46. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
negative correlation
cognitive behavior modification
enactment
direct instruction
47. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
operant conditioning
effective use of independent practice time
discrimination
Blooms Taxonomy
48. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
action research
attention
generalization
transitional bilingual education
49. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
paired bilingual education
summative evaluations
outlining
expectancy-valence model
50. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
primacy effect
advance organizers
Joplin Plan
trust vs. mistrust