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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
mnemonics
applied behavior analysis
attention
dual code theory of memory
2. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
perception
law
identity vs. role confusion
multiple intelligences
3. 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.
intentionality
consequences
expectancy-valence model
mediated learning
4. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
metacognitive skills
compensatory preschool programs
critical thinking
5. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
QAIT model
flashbulb memory
cooperative learning
cooperative scripting
6. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
learning probes
Joplin Plan
integrity vs. despiar
correlational study
7. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
review prerequisites
associative play
withitness
egocentric
8. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
variable-interval schedule.
foreclosure
scaffolding
continuous theories of development
9. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
inferred reality
summative evaluations
pegword method
10. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
stimuli
emergent literacy
regrouping
11. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
teacher efficacy
retroactive inhibition
pedagogy
sensory register
12. 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
discontinuous theories of development
effective use of independent practice time
english immersion
theory
13. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
paired bilingual education
home-based reinforcement strategies
generativity vs self-absorption
trust vs. mistrust
14. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
mnemonics
metacognitive skills
neutral stimuli
inert knowledge
15. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
overlapping
development
independent practice
applied behavior analysis
16. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
procedural memory
self-regulation
Premack Principle
communicating positive expectations
17. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
constructivist theories of learning
cooperative play
teacher efficacy
worked examples
18. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
knowledge construction
accommodation
continuous theories of development
Skinner box
19. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
self-questioning strategies
preconventional level of morality
descriptive research
heteronomous morality
20. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
seatwork
constructivism
shaping
Blooms Taxonomy
21. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
cooperative play
modeling
nformation-processing theory
preconventional level of morality
22. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
punishment
untracking
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
reinforcer
23. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
top-down processing
working memory capacity
seatwork
inferred reality
24. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
self-regulated learners
procedural memory
initiative vs. guilt
25. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
retroactive inhibition
derived scores
direct instruction
conventional level of morality
26. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
psychosocial crisis
external validity
rote learning
schemata
27. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
preconventional level of morality
action research
mnemonics
means-ends analysis
28. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
dual code theory of memory
social comparison
29. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
industry vs. inferiority
loci method
content integration
30. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
intimacy vs. isolation
regrouping
consequences
flashbulb memory
31. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
emergent literacy
multiple intelligences
untracking
cognitive apprenticeship
32. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
experimental group
intelligence
integrity vs. despiar
schedule of reinforcement
33. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
constructivist theories of learning
critical thinking
independent practice
intimacy vs. isolation
34. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
review prerequisites
self-esteem
major stage theorists
treatment
35. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
foreclosure
schemata
stimuli
independent practice
36. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
achievement motivation
enactment
foreclosure
laboratory experiment
37. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
summative evaluations
learning probes
Blooms Taxonomy
cooperative learning
38. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
mapping
cooperative scripting
long-term memory
prosocial behaviors
39. 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
reciprocal teaching
procedural memory
individualized instruction
fixed-interval schedule
40. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
transitivity
Premack Principle
worked examples
object permanence
41. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
learning probes
identity diffusion
imagery
wait time
42. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
self-concept
within-class ability grouping
mental set
analogies
43. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
unconditioned stimulus
positive correlation
compensatory education
identity vs. role confusion
44. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
consequences
verbal learning
punishment
45. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
interference
rehearsal
transitional bilingual education
mock participation
46. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
principle
summarizing
Premack Principle
47. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
inert knowledge
behavioral learning theories
free-recall learning
self-esteem
48. 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.
Joplin Plan
heteronomous morality
identity vs. role confusion
accommodation
49. Research + common sense
withitness
concrete operational stage
effective teaching
assimilation
50. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable
moratorium
cooperative learning
control group