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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
teacher efficacy
applied behavior analysis
pegword method
long-term memory
2. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
development
long-term memory
schemata
cognitive apprenticeship
3. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
variable
independent practice
initiative vs. guilt
4. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
trust vs. mistrust
behavior-content matrix
Skinner box
self-questioning strategies
5. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
critical thinking
presentation punishment
summarizing
6. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
external validity
reversibility
continuous theories of development
working memory capacity
7. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
cooperative learning
parts of a direct instruction lesson
between-class ability grouping
episodic memory
8. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
moratorium
self-regulation
levels-of-processing theory
recency effect
9. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
criterion-references interpretations
external validity
free-recall learning
instrumental enrichment
10. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
transfer of learning
small muscle development
industry vs. inferiority
prosocial behaviors
11. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
applied behavior analysis
learning probes
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
12. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
primacy effect
motivation
neutral stimuli
choral responses
13. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
scaffolding
attribution theory
levels-of-processing theory
14. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
between-class ability grouping
summarizing
semantic memory
formative evaluation
15. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
motivation
self-questioning strategies
self-regulation
english immersion
16. 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.
integrity vs. despiar
learning goals
cognitive apprenticeship
rehearsal
17. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
home-based reinforcement strategies
autonomous morality
bottom-up processing
18. 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 use of independent practice time
growth needs
compensatory education
randomized field experiment
19. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
english immersion
developmentally appropriate education
operant conditioning
nformation-processing theory
20. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
untracking
within-class ability grouping
nformation-processing theory
top-down processing
21. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
short-term/ working memory
retroactive inhibition
constructivism
major stage theorists
22. 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.
assimilation
concrete operational stage
mediated learning
episodic memory
23. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
assimilation
development
mediated learning
random assignment
24. 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
self-regulation
direct instruction
solitary play
untracking
25. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
transitional bilingual education
note-taking
Skinner box
semantic memory
26. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
heteronomous morality
reflexes
behavior-content matrix
PQ4R method
27. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
wait time
parts of a direct instruction lesson
prejudice reduction
worked examples
28. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
private speech
knowledge construction
teacher efficacy
29. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
mnemonics
vicarious learning
generalization
growth needs
30. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
developmentally appropriate education
paired-associate learning
retroactive facilitation
mnemonics
31. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
teacher efficacy
aptitude-treatment interaction
cognitive learning theories
two-way bilingual education
32. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
cognitive behavior modification
self-regulation
psychosocial crisis
reflectivity
33. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
descriptive research
bilingual education
between-class ability grouping
moral dilemmas
34. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
development
meaningful learning
within-class ability grouping
shaping
35. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
nongraded programs
initial-letter strategies
outlining
between-class ability grouping
36. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
intelligence
short-term/ working memory
episodic memory
37. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
self-esteem
metacognition
reflectivity
growth needs
38. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
mental set
withitness
heteronomous morality
associative play
39. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
industry vs. inferiority
accommodation
action research
summative evaluations
40. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
concrete operational stage
levels-of-processing theory
social learning theory
withitness
41. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
compensatory preschool programs
educational psychology
QAIT model
top-down processing
42. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
experimental group
behavioral learning theories
educational psychology
nongraded programs
43. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
psychosocial crisis
paired-associate learning
means-ends analysis
prejudice reduction
44. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
serial learning
derived scores
effective teaching
preoperational stage
45. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
removal punishment
loci method
perception
46. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
aptitude-treatment interaction
bilingual education
performance goals
identity diffusion
47. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
object permanence
compensatory education
wait time
single-case experiment
48. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
aptitude-treatment interaction
reinforcer
levels-of-processing theory
pegword method
49. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
interference
intimacy vs. isolation
applied behavior analysis
foreclosure
50. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
industry vs. inferiority
attribution theory
extinction
procedural memory