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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
affective objectives
stimuli
deficiency needs
formal operational stage
2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
concept
control group
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
knowledge construction
3. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
vicarious learning
rehearsal
adaptation
calling order
4. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
associative play
foreclosure
pedagogy
reversibility
5. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
object permanence
teacher efficacy
discrimination
distributed practice
6. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
enactment
between-class ability grouping
learning probes
retroactive inhibition
7. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
bottom-up processing
private speech
constructivist theories of learning
motivation
8. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
reciprocal teaching
affective objectives
discontinuous theories of development
paired-associate learning
9. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
postconventional level of morality
extinction
parts of a direct instruction lesson
retroactive inhibition
10. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
social learning theory
laboratory experiment
small muscle development
wait time
11. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
sign systems
english immersion
calling order
moral dilemmas
12. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
randomized field experiment
QAIT model
mnemonics
treatment
13. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
zone of proximal development
derived scores
descriptive research
single-case experiment
14. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
perception
means-ends analysis
locus of control
cooperative scripting
15. Research + common sense
autonomous morality
generativity vs self-absorption
inferred reality
effective teaching
16. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
autonomous morality
equity pedagogy
cooperative learning
worked examples
17. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
foreclosure
moral dilemmas
direct instruction
randomized field experiment
18. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
top-down processing
group contingencies
effective use of independent practice time
rote learning
19. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
principle
untracking
rule-example-rule
developmentally appropriate education
20. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
industry vs. inferiority
performance goals
antecedent stimuli
21. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
affective objectives
fixed-interval schedule
self-concept
primary reinforcer
22. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
inert knowledge
Blooms Taxonomy
uncorrelated variables
operant conditioning
23. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
Skinner box
reciprocal teaching
law
classical conditioning
24. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
postconventional level of morality
cognitive development
heteronomous morality
reflexes
25. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
shaping
locus of control
action research
attention
26. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
calling order
external validity
equity pedagogy
concept
27. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
derived scores
nongraded programs
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
massed practice
28. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
massed practice
metacognition
verbal learning
equity pedagogy
29. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
verbal learning
associative play
calling order
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
30. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
centration
episodic memory
expectancy-valence model
metacognition
31. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
theory
recency effect
mental set
reflexes
32. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
cognitive behavior modification
adaptation
laboratory experiment
33. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
meaningful learning
choral responses
behavior-content matrix
34. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
episodic memory
pegword method
initial-letter strategies
individualized instruction
35. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
generalization
working memory capacity
presentation punishment
compensatory education
36. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
readiness training
extinction burst
assimilation
seatwork
37. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
vicarious learning
attention
antecedent stimuli
lesson clarity
38. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
summarizing
schema theory
laboratory experiment
39. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
serial learning
retroactive inhibition
semantic memory
solitary play
40. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
foreclosure
long-term memory
continuous theories of development
development
41. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
free-recall learning
continuous theories of development
long-term memory
transitional bilingual education
42. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
achievement motivation
conservation
self-esteem
preconventional level of morality
43. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
flashbulb memory
recency effect
learning
parts of a direct instruction lesson
44. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
performance goals
principle
advance organizers
expectancy theory
45. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
review prerequisites
equity pedagogy
affective objectives
46. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
parallel play
transitivity
Skinner box
two-way bilingual education
47. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
outlining
applied behavior analysis
regrouping
negative correlation
48. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
top-down processing
vicarious learning
constructivism
mental set
49. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
compensatory education
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
direct instruction
50. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
self-regulation
self-regulated learners
seatwork