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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






3. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






5. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






6. 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.






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






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






9. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






10. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






11. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






12. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






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






14. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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15. 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.






16. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






17. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






18. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






19. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






21. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






23. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






24. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






25. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






26. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






27. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






28. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






29. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






30. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






31. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






32. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






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






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






35. Learning of a list of items in any order.






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






37. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






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






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






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






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






42. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






43. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






44. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






45. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






46. Research + common sense






47. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






48. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






49. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






50. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






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