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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
law
independent practice
mock participation
assimilation
2. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
Skinner box
perception
communicating positive expectations
retroactive facilitation
3. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
initial-letter strategies
free-recall learning
Joplin Plan
parallel play
4. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
experimental group
mediated learning
concrete operational stage
5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
learned helplessness
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
process-product studies
variable-interval schedule.
6. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
deficiency needs
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
summative evaluations
treatment
7. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
developmentally appropriate education
antecedent stimuli
content evidence
criterion-related evidence
8. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
descriptive research
schemes
perception
concept
9. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
autonomous morality
retroactive facilitation
cognitive behavior modification
behavior-content matrix
10. Events that precede behaviors
calling order
norm-referenced interpretations
antecedent stimuli
vicarious learning
11. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor
Blooms Taxonomy
meaningful learning
effective use of independent practice time
correlational study
12. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
observational learning
equity pedagogy
interference
metacognitive skills
13. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
class inclusion
centration
cues
serial learning
14. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
reflexes
punishment
cognitive development
recency effect
15. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
postconventional level of morality
recency effect
bottom-up processing
learned helplessness
16. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
compensatory preschool programs
regrouping
mnemonics
QAIT model
17. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
self-esteem
generalization
Premack Principle
sensorimotor stage
18. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
readiness training
generalization
long-term memory
mental set
19. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
expectancy theory
cognitive behavior modification
heteronomous morality
shaping
20. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
centration
cooperative play
cognitive learning theories
preoperational stage
21. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
self-questioning strategies
home-based reinforcement strategies
correlational study
emergent literacy
22. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
learned helplessness
content integration
locus of control
formative evaluation
23. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
adaptation
accommodation
individualized instruction
reflectivity
24. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
worked examples
long-term memory
distributed practice
schemata
25. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
observational learning
aptitude-treatment interaction
reversibility
26. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
reversibility
learning
autonomy vs. doubt
conditioned stimulus
27. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
conservation
intentionality
compensatory education
removal punishment
28. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
secondary reinforcer
moratorium
dual code theory of memory
self-actualization
29. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
primacy effect
attention
neutral stimuli
wait time
30. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
self-esteem
formal operational stage
behavior-content matrix
consequences
31. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
verbal learning
internal validity
correlational study
paired bilingual education
32. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
home-based reinforcement strategies
direct instruction
descriptive research
sign systems
33. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
within-class ability grouping
small muscle development
solitary play
self-concept
34. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
aptitude-treatment interaction
transitivity
positive correlation
retroactive inhibition
35. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
self-regulation
behavior-content matrix
loci method
motivation
36. Play that occurs alone.
positive correlation
psychosocial theory
cooperative scripting
solitary play
37. The study of learning and teaching.
compensatory preschool programs
educational psychology
transitional bilingual education
self-regulation
38. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
law
uncorrelated variables
nformation-processing theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
39. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
fixed-interval schedule
formal operational stage
Joplin Plan
verbal learning
40. 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.
conservation
transitional bilingual education
scaffolding
cognitive learning theories
41. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
reversibility
worked examples
sex-role behavior
conventional level of morality
42. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
within-class ability grouping
trust vs. mistrust
extinction burst
sensory register
43. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
generalization
elaboration
punishment
scaffolding
44. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
principle
behavioral learning theories
independent practice
45. 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
paired bilingual education
sensorimotor stage
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
reciprocal teaching
46. 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.
summative evaluations
foreclosure
integrity vs. despiar
schema theory
47. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
content integration
lesson clarity
modeling
classical conditioning
48. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
short-term/ working memory
self-concept
formative evaluation
nformation-processing theory
49. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
applied behavior analysis
intimacy vs. isolation
conventional level of morality
50. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
principle
stimuli
control group