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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
equity pedagogy
expectancy-valence model
QAIT model
advance organizers
2. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
identity diffusion
fixed-interval schedule
associative play
self-concept
3. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
law
single-case experiment
psychosocial crisis
action research
4. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
content evidence
Joplin Plan
inert knowledge
bilingual education
5. 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
PQ4R method
retroactive facilitation
untracking
inert knowledge
6. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
free-recall learning
paired-associate learning
operant conditioning
working memory capacity
7. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
direct instruction
identity diffusion
expectancy-valence model
metacognition
8. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
retroactive facilitation
internal validity
untracking
growth needs
9. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
trust vs. mistrust
automaticity
regrouping
egocentric
10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
reciprocal teaching
Skinner box
between-class ability grouping
educational psychology
11. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
paired bilingual education
sensory register
schema theory
assimilation
12. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
large muscle development
derived scores
scaffolding
13. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
integrity vs. despiar
applied behavior analysis
private speech
PQ4R method
14. 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
enactment
schemata
between-class ability grouping
15. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
verbal learning
procedural memory
sex-role behavior
imagery
16. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
sensory register
advance organizers
english immersion
experimental group
17. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
constructivist theories of learning
independent practice
advance organizers
analogies
18. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
experimental group
working memory capacity
individualized instruction
assertive discipline
19. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
external locus of control
behavior-content matrix
randomized field experiment
experimental group
20. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
verbal learning
interference
initial-letter strategies
egocentric
21. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
accommodation
conventional level of morality
conservation
intimacy vs. isolation
22. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
prosocial behaviors
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
discovery learning
applied behavior analysis
23. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
transfer of learning
internal validity
self-regulated learners
affective objectives
24. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
imagery
cognitive apprenticeship
levels-of-processing theory
major stage theorists
25. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
equity pedagogy
removal punishment
learning probes
law
26. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
external validity
punishment
episodic memory
27. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
pegword method
prejudice reduction
concrete operational stage
overlapping
28. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
punishment
affective objectives
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
29. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
stimuli
effective teaching
internal validity
punishment
30. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
rule-example-rule
critical thinking
conservation
small muscle development
31. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
constructivist theories of learning
readiness training
advance organizers
self-concept
32. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
recency effect
rule-example-rule
cooperative learning
self-concept
33. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
primary reinforcer
multiple intelligences
mock participation
self-esteem
34. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
reflexes
postconventional level of morality
choral responses
self-regulated learners
35. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
large muscle development
adaptation
norm-referenced interpretations
operant conditioning
36. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
effective teaching
worked examples
antecedent stimuli
negative correlation
37. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
growth needs
positive correlation
rote learning
experiment
38. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
seriation
emergent literacy
independent practice
metacognition
39. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
multiple intelligences
initiative vs. guilt
identity achievement
small muscle development
40. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
removal punishment
variable-interval schedule.
knowledge construction
41. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
PQ4R method
integrity vs. despiar
accommodation
Skinner box
42. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
mapping
self-actualization
proactive facilitation
43. 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.
discovery learning
single-case experiment
integrity vs. despiar
conventional level of morality
44. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
critical thinking
foreclosure
elaboration
free-recall learning
45. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
self-regulated learners
transfer of learning
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
outlining
46. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
mapping
inferred reality
unconditioned stimulus
nformation-processing theory
47. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
perception
inert knowledge
loci method
punishment
48. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
attribution theory
assertive discipline
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
operant conditioning
49. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
flashbulb memory
initiative vs. guilt
parallel play
top-down processing
50. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
knowledge construction
overlapping
mapping
primacy effect