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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
equilibration
pedagogy
elaboration
sex-role behavior
2. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
class inclusion
proactive inhibition
early intervention program
sensory register
3. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
serial learning
variable
working memory capacity
worked examples
4. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
bilingual education
egocentric
correlational study
sensorimotor stage
5. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
verbal learning
external validity
effective teaching
cues
6. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
moratorium
Premack Principle
scaffolding
imagery
7. 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
educational psychology
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
process-product studies
regrouping
8. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
uncorrelated variables
self-concept
rote learning
procedural memory
9. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
vicarious learning
integrity vs. despiar
independent practice
extinction
10. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
moral dilemmas
individualized instruction
recency effect
private speech
11. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
unconditioned stimulus
discovery learning
cooperative learning
untracking
12. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
vicarious learning
motivation
cognitive behavior modification
distributed practice
13. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
psychosocial crisis
treatment
secondary reinforcer
mock participation
14. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
industry vs. inferiority
early intervention program
intelligence quotient (IQ)
zone of proximal development
15. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
cooperative play
analogies
cues
rote learning
16. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
heteronomous morality
scaffolding
analogies
autonomy vs. doubt
17. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
equilibration
control group
cognitive learning theories
keyword method
18. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
external validity
random assignment
top-down processing
reflectivity
19. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
transitivity
control group
levels-of-processing theory
two-way bilingual education
20. A person's interpretation of stimuli
perception
schemes
principle
attention
21. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
procedural memory
zone of proximal development
equity pedagogy
note-taking
22. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
prejudice reduction
expectancy-valence model
rote learning
assimilation
23. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
communicating positive expectations
overlapping
summarizing
cooperative learning
24. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
assertive discipline
secondary reinforcer
discontinuous theories of development
assimilation
25. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
self-concept
cognitive learning theories
single-case experiment
psychosocial crisis
26. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
mnemonics
prejudice reduction
elaboration
schemes
27. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
means-ends analysis
descriptive research
content integration
assimilation
28. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
serial learning
reciprocal teaching
variable-interval schedule.
discovery learning
29. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
recency effect
summarizing
readiness training
short-term/ working memory
30. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
learning
reflectivity
english immersion
psychosocial crisis
31. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
between-class ability grouping
seriation
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
metacognitive skills
32. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
cooperative scripting
pegword method
intelligence
QAIT model
33. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
unconditioned stimulus
reversibility
calling order
solitary play
34. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
parts of a direct instruction lesson
nongraded programs
bottom-up processing
Blooms Taxonomy
35. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.
mediated learning
punishment
summative evaluations
antecedent stimuli
36. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
external validity
positive correlation
object permanence
conservation
37. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
summarizing
paired-associate learning
unconditioned stimulus
review prerequisites
38. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
learning
sign systems
mock participation
norm-referenced interpretations
39. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
major stage theorists
learned helplessness
reciprocal teaching
intimacy vs. isolation
40. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
between-class ability grouping
identity vs. role confusion
self-concept
achievement motivation
41. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
semantic memory
laboratory experiment
private speech
note-taking
42. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
short-term/ working memory
bilingual education
advance organizers
perception
43. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
means-ends analysis
action research
Premack Principle
44. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
scaffolding
initiative vs. guilt
seriation
45. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
treatment
compensatory preschool programs
PQ4R method
learning probes
46. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
treatment
presentation punishment
generalization
schedule of reinforcement
47. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
metacognitive skills
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
norm-referenced interpretations
QAIT model
48. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
conservation
untracking
automaticity
removal punishment
49. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
paired bilingual education
Joplin Plan
social learning theory
reflectivity
50. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
initiative vs. guilt
trust vs. mistrust
neutral stimuli
attribution theory