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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
antecedent stimuli
multiple intelligences
identity diffusion
derived scores
2. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
motivation
working memory capacity
outlining
Skinner box
3. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
short-term/ working memory
untracking
sign systems
loci method
4. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
behavior-content matrix
means-ends analysis
initial-letter strategies
assimilation
5. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
bilingual education
small muscle development
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
moratorium
6. Perception of and response to different stimuli
schema theory
discrimination
deficiency needs
moral dilemmas
7. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
cognitive apprenticeship
constructivist theories of learning
equilibration
removal punishment
8. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
content evidence
imagery
expectancy-valence model
9. 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)
compensatory education
initial-letter strategies
outlining
concrete operational stage
10. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
mnemonics
cognitive behavior modification
integrity vs. despiar
11. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
zone of proximal development
working memory capacity
shaping
verbal learning
12. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
reinforcer
independent practice
direct instruction
conditioned stimulus
13. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
positive correlation
enactment
antecedent stimuli
two-way bilingual education
14. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
autonomous morality
self-questioning strategies
individualized instruction
nongraded programs
15. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
paired bilingual education
foreclosure
self-regulation
nformation-processing theory
16. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
schemata
expectancy-valence model
process-product studies
concept
17. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
secondary reinforcer
achievement motivation
outlining
18. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
sensorimotor stage
loci method
assimilation
seatwork
19. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
proactive facilitation
inert knowledge
negative correlation
20. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
generativity vs self-absorption
early intervention program
self-concept
learning goals
21. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
continuous theories of development
constructivist theories of learning
levels-of-processing theory
consequences
22. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
bottom-up processing
content evidence
uncorrelated variables
cues
23. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
rule-example-rule
postconventional level of morality
two-way bilingual education
between-class ability grouping
24. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
extinction
episodic memory
recency effect
industry vs. inferiority
25. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
accommodation
achievement motivation
learning probes
nformation-processing theory
26. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
transitivity
extinction
independent practice
summative evaluations
27. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
self-regulation
transfer of learning
descriptive research
choral responses
28. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
nformation-processing theory
criterion-related evidence
centration
primacy effect
29. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
bottom-up processing
prosocial behaviors
massed practice
serial learning
30. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
cues
interference
attribution theory
worked examples
31. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
content integration
note-taking
negative correlation
internal validity
32. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
flashbulb memory
transfer of learning
cognitive learning theories
semantic memory
33. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
free-recall learning
external locus of control
instrumental enrichment
psychosocial theory
34. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
note-taking
bilingual education
formative evaluation
cooperative scripting
35. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
bottom-up processing
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
treatment
attribution theory
36. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
class inclusion
cues
procedural memory
primacy effect
37. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
external validity
rote learning
assimilation
equity pedagogy
38. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
initiative vs. guilt
english immersion
correlational study
choral responses
39. 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.
vicarious learning
initial-letter strategies
emergent literacy
presentation punishment
40. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
serial learning
constructivist theories of learning
derived scores
expectancy theory
41. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
massed practice
aptitude-treatment interaction
preconventional level of morality
bottom-up processing
42. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
expectancy-valence model
intelligence quotient (IQ)
emergent literacy
home-based reinforcement strategies
43. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
dual code theory of memory
compensatory preschool programs
conditioned stimulus
cooperative learning
44. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
bottom-up processing
control group
single-case experiment
unconditioned stimulus
45. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
worked examples
identity achievement
overlapping
Premack Principle
46. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
meaningful learning
concept
massed practice
preconventional level of morality
47. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
cognitive apprenticeship
egocentric
automaticity
locus of control
48. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
development
behavioral learning theories
compensatory preschool programs
schema theory
49. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
constructivist theories of learning
external validity
cooperative play
teacher efficacy
50. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
Skinner box
internal validity
outlining