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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
wait time
behavioral learning theories
seatwork
working memory capacity
2. 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
untracking
cooperative learning
uncorrelated variables
perception
3. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
preoperational stage
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
egocentric
serial learning
4. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
rote learning
schemes
expectancy theory
parts of a direct instruction lesson
5. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
mock participation
randomized field experiment
working memory capacity
descriptive research
6. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
dual code theory of memory
note-taking
learning
7. 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
initiative vs. guilt
learning goals
major stage theorists
8. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
equilibration
external validity
criterion-related evidence
theory
9. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
initiative vs. guilt
prosocial behaviors
transitional bilingual education
10. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
laboratory experiment
intelligence quotient (IQ)
elaboration
11. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
internal validity
major stage theorists
fixed-interval schedule
knowledge construction
12. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
variable
episodic memory
educational psychology
overlapping
13. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rote learning
autonomy vs. doubt
means-ends analysis
zone of proximal development
14. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
massed practice
identity diffusion
sign systems
achievement motivation
15. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
external validity
uncorrelated variables
growth needs
dual code theory of memory
16. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
proactive facilitation
private speech
adaptation
egocentric
17. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
affective objectives
achievement motivation
stimuli
control group
18. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
growth needs
keyword method
expectancy theory
norm-referenced interpretations
19. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
unconditioned stimulus
sex-role behavior
mapping
formative evaluation
20. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
conventional level of morality
formative evaluation
educational psychology
nongraded programs
21. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
stimuli
extinction burst
conventional level of morality
instrumental enrichment
22. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
variable-interval schedule.
foreclosure
moratorium
short-term/ working memory
23. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)
conventional level of morality
initiative vs. guilt
learning probes
perception
24. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
primary reinforcer
consequences
concept
reflexes
25. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
learning probes
learning
home-based reinforcement strategies
cooperative learning
26. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
large muscle development
group contingencies
cooperative play
summative evaluations
27. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
seriation
moral dilemmas
norm-referenced interpretations
retroactive inhibition
28. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
cognitive behavior modification
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
conservation
inferred reality
29. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
imagery
scaffolding
criterion-related evidence
30. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
bottom-up processing
classical conditioning
affective objectives
rule-example-rule
31. A person's interpretation of stimuli
cooperative scripting
perception
self-regulated learners
applied behavior analysis
32. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
removal punishment
content integration
experiment
constructivist theories of learning
33. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
formative evaluation
pegword method
reciprocal teaching
schemata
34. Research + common sense
means-ends analysis
retroactive inhibition
private speech
effective teaching
35. 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
operant conditioning
self-questioning strategies
reciprocal teaching
large muscle development
36. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
worked examples
massed practice
self-regulation
transfer of learning
37. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
criterion-related evidence
note-taking
parallel play
modeling
38. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
descriptive research
self-concept
nongraded programs
39. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
adaptation
learning goals
lesson clarity
trust vs. mistrust
40. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
autonomous morality
assertive discipline
moratorium
presentation punishment
41. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
Premack Principle
elaboration
shaping
cognitive development
42. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
random assignment
achievement motivation
locus of control
keyword method
43. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summative evaluations
associative play
imagery
learning goals
44. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
control group
identity vs. role confusion
bilingual education
sex-role behavior
45. 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.
mental set
integrity vs. despiar
cooperative learning
randomized field experiment
46. 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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47. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
initiative vs. guilt
loci method
sex-role behavior
antecedent stimuli
48. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
small muscle development
variable
accommodation
49. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
mediated learning
aptitude-treatment interaction
growth needs
descriptive research
50. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
external locus of control
consequences
generativity vs self-absorption
retroactive facilitation