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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
growth needs
motivation
self-actualization
consequences
2. 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
assertive discipline
deficiency needs
interference
3. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
short-term/ working memory
variable
preconventional level of morality
process-product studies
4. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
behavior-content matrix
parallel play
elaboration
cognitive behavior modification
5. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
multiple intelligences
Joplin Plan
content evidence
observational learning
6. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
cognitive apprenticeship
self-regulated learners
bilingual education
social learning theory
7. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
bilingual education
cognitive apprenticeship
compensatory education
pedagogy
8. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
discovery learning
principle
imagery
cues
9. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
achievement motivation
prosocial behaviors
seriation
mock participation
10. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
assimilation
paired-associate learning
norm-referenced interpretations
action research
11. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
analogies
removal punishment
enactment
regrouping
12. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
short-term/ working memory
schemata
multiple intelligences
note-taking
13. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
identity achievement
metacognitive skills
derived scores
14. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
working memory capacity
operant conditioning
effective use of independent practice time
single-case experiment
15. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
major stage theorists
free-recall learning
nongraded programs
learning probes
16. 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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17. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
effective teaching
criterion-references interpretations
interference
critical thinking
18. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
massed practice
developmentally appropriate education
moral dilemmas
19. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
intelligence
advance organizers
verbal learning
levels-of-processing theory
20. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
moratorium
working memory capacity
untracking
procedural memory
21. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
conservation
QAIT model
overlapping
automaticity
22. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
multiple intelligences
law
equilibration
social comparison
23. A change in an individual that results from experience.
equilibration
learning
emergent literacy
attribution theory
24. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
self-regulated learners
uncorrelated variables
psychosocial theory
self-regulation
25. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
motivation
vicarious learning
english immersion
self-actualization
26. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
classical conditioning
keyword method
neutral stimuli
effective teaching
27. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
outlining
note-taking
external locus of control
automaticity
28. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
identity diffusion
norm-referenced interpretations
worked examples
removal punishment
29. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
postconventional level of morality
seriation
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
preoperational stage
30. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
review prerequisites
cooperative scripting
self-regulation
modeling
31. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
enactment
affective objectives
internal validity
regrouping
32. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
transfer of learning
mock participation
communicating positive expectations
prejudice reduction
33. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
wait time
theory
object permanence
criterion-references interpretations
34. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
intelligence quotient (IQ)
cues
equity pedagogy
locus of control
35. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cognitive behavior modification
constructivism
external locus of control
treatment
36. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
Premack Principle
small muscle development
descriptive research
effective teaching
37. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
classical conditioning
cognitive learning theories
behavior-content matrix
advance organizers
38. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
attention
randomized field experiment
classical conditioning
fixed-interval schedule
39. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
mapping
mnemonics
accommodation
formal operational stage
40. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
emergent literacy
intelligence quotient (IQ)
principle
41. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
vicarious learning
laboratory experiment
initiative vs. guilt
imagery
42. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
regrouping
two-way bilingual education
psychosocial crisis
internal validity
43. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
metacognitive skills
multiple intelligences
constructivism
content integration
44. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
social learning theory
autonomy vs. doubt
retroactive inhibition
Skinner box
45. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
cooperative scripting
fixed-interval schedule
consequences
perception
46. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
group contingencies
principle
verbal learning
47. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
self-concept
secondary reinforcer
direct instruction
performance goals
48. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
nformation-processing theory
semantic memory
concrete operational stage
metacognition
49. Learning of a list of items in any order.
adaptation
proactive inhibition
extinction
free-recall learning
50. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
outlining
external locus of control
cognitive development
independent practice