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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
free-recall learning
postconventional level of morality
law
two-way bilingual education
2. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
two-way bilingual education
attention
large muscle development
levels-of-processing theory
3. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
Premack Principle
intimacy vs. isolation
industry vs. inferiority
small muscle development
4. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
fixed-interval schedule
extinction
cognitive development
pedagogy
5. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
schemata
egocentric
educational psychology
transfer of learning
6. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
identity diffusion
negative correlation
episodic memory
7. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
Skinner box
removal punishment
heteronomous morality
extinction burst
8. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
long-term memory
schema theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
procedural memory
9. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
pedagogy
affective objectives
expectancy-valence model
10. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
serial learning
teacher efficacy
attribution theory
imagery
11. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
independent practice
assimilation
attribution theory
summarizing
12. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
random assignment
transitional bilingual education
self-regulated learners
13. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
removal punishment
between-class ability grouping
private speech
paired-associate learning
14. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
calling order
paired bilingual education
individualized instruction
discovery learning
15. 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
effective teaching
effective use of independent practice time
major stage theorists
cognitive apprenticeship
16. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
social learning theory
dual code theory of memory
content evidence
inferred reality
17. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
centration
cooperative scripting
overlapping
seatwork
18. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
behavioral learning theories
continuous theories of development
short-term/ working memory
bilingual education
19. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
large muscle development
negative correlation
worked examples
generativity vs self-absorption
20. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
conservation
parts of a direct instruction lesson
long-term memory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
21. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
two-way bilingual education
psychosocial crisis
sign systems
Skinner box
22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
distributed practice
random assignment
group contingencies
outlining
23. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
constructivism
parallel play
summarizing
choral responses
24. 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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25. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
development
within-class ability grouping
performance goals
growth needs
26. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
equilibration
norm-referenced interpretations
primary reinforcer
cooperative play
27. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
growth needs
accommodation
cooperative play
28. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
proactive inhibition
neutral stimuli
learning goals
trust vs. mistrust
29. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
intelligence
schedule of reinforcement
social learning theory
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
30. Research + common sense
sensorimotor stage
egocentric
effective teaching
summarizing
31. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
external locus of control
pedagogy
sign systems
note-taking
32. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
loci method
variable
randomized field experiment
untracking
33. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
procedural memory
paired-associate learning
development
instrumental enrichment
34. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
rehearsal
applied behavior analysis
transfer of learning
extinction burst
35. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
rehearsal
learning probes
cooperative play
transitivity
36. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
lesson clarity
mediated learning
mock participation
episodic memory
37. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
distributed practice
law
sensory register
assimilation
38. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
effective teaching
means-ends analysis
metacognition
assertive discipline
39. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
neutral stimuli
deficiency needs
schemes
schema theory
40. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
bilingual education
knowledge construction
wait time
intentionality
41. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
proactive facilitation
metacognitive skills
constructivist theories of learning
english immersion
42. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
massed practice
process-product studies
retroactive facilitation
reversibility
43. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
equity pedagogy
self-questioning strategies
control group
independent practice
44. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
serial learning
transitivity
lesson clarity
45. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus
maintenance
metacognitive skills
heteronomous morality
46. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
transitivity
descriptive research
primacy effect
self-regulation
47. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
worked examples
self-questioning strategies
nformation-processing theory
generativity vs self-absorption
48. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
retroactive inhibition
inferred reality
worked examples
prejudice reduction
49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
direct instruction
affective objectives
identity achievement
semantic memory
50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
concept
seriation
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
cooperative learning