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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






2. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






3. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






4. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






5. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






6. 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






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






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






10. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






11. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






12. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






13. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






14. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






16. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






17. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






18. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






20. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






21. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






22. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






23. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






24. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






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






26. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






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






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






29. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






30. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






31. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






32. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






33. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






34. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






35. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






36. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






37. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






39. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






40. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






41. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






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






44. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






45. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






46. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






47. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






48. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






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






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