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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






2. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






3. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






4. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






5. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






6. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






7. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






8. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






9. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






10. 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.






11. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






12. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






13. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






14. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






15. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






16. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






17. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.






18. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






19. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






20. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






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






22. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






23. 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






24. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






25. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






26. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






27. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






28. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






29. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






30. 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.






31. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






32. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






33. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






34. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






35. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






36. 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.






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






38. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






39. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






40. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






41. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






42. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






43. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






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






45. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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






47. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






48. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






49. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






50. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge