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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






2. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






3. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






4. 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






5. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






6. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






7. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






8. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






9. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






10. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






11. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






12. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






13. Perception of and response to different stimuli






14. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






15. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






16. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






17. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






18. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






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






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






21. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






22. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






23. Events that precede behaviors






24. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






25. 5 to 9 pieces of information






26. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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






28. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






29. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






30. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






31. 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






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






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






34. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






35. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






36. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






37. Play that occurs alone.






38. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






39. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






40. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






41. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






42. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






43. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






44. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






45. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






46. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






47. The study of learning and teaching.






48. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






49. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






50. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities