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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






2. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






3. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






4. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






5. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






6. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






7. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






8. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






9. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






10. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






11. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






12. 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.






13. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






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






15. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






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






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






18. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






20. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






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






22. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






23. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






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






27. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






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






29. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






30. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






31. A person's interpretation of stimuli






32. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






33. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






34. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






36. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






38. 5 to 9 pieces of information






39. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






40. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






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






42. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






43. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






44. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






45. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






46. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






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






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






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






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