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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






2. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






3. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






4. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






5. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






6. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






7. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






8. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






9. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






10. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






11. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






12. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






13. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






14. Events that precede behaviors






15. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






16. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






17. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






18. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






19. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






20. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






21. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






22. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






23. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






24. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






25. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






26. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






27. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






28. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






29. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






30. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






31. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






32. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






33. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






34. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






35. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






36. 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)






37. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






38. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






39. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






40. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






41. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






42. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






43. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






44. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






45. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






46. 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






47. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






48. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






49. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






50. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.