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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






2. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






3. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






4. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






5. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






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






7. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






8. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






9. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






10. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






11. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






12. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






13. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






14. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






15. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






16. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






17. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






18. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






19. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






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






21. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






22. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






23. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






24. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






25. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






26. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






27. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






29. A person's interpretation of stimuli






30. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






31. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






32. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






33. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






35. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






36. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






37. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






39. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






40. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






41. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






42. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






43. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






44. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






45. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






47. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






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






49. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.