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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
cognitive learning theories
nongraded programs
emergent literacy
cognitive behavior modification
2. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
norm-referenced interpretations
learned helplessness
discovery learning
3. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
proactive inhibition
reflexes
intimacy vs. isolation
4. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
constructivist theories of learning
concept
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
effective teaching
5. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
fixed-interval schedule
industry vs. inferiority
variable
laboratory experiment
6. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
reflectivity
experimental group
fixed-interval schedule
initial-letter strategies
7. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
worked examples
paired-associate learning
expectancy theory
mock participation
8. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
independent practice
prosocial behaviors
self-regulated learners
psychosocial theory
9. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
prosocial behaviors
compensatory education
worked examples
external locus of control
10. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
effective use of independent practice time
direct instruction
vicarious learning
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
11. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
schemata
semantic memory
descriptive research
conditioned stimulus
12. 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
regrouping
loci method
identity diffusion
parallel play
13. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
social learning theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
cognitive apprenticeship
summarizing
14. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
proactive facilitation
critical thinking
growth needs
behavior-content matrix
15. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
self-regulated learners
centration
paired-associate learning
advance organizers
16. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
cooperative play
identity diffusion
industry vs. inferiority
cognitive development
17. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
schema theory
operant conditioning
reversibility
primacy effect
18. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
distributed practice
reversibility
randomized field experiment
compensatory education
19. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
lesson clarity
analogies
Skinner box
transfer of learning
20. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
industry vs. inferiority
sex-role behavior
internal validity
self-concept
21. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
early intervention program
knowledge construction
episodic memory
content evidence
22. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
solitary play
withitness
postconventional level of morality
cooperative play
23. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
schemata
scaffolding
multiple intelligences
free-recall learning
24. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
short-term/ working memory
removal punishment
constructivism
lesson clarity
25. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
randomized field experiment
principle
working memory capacity
discontinuous theories of development
26. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
recency effect
PQ4R method
automaticity
extinction
27. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
assimilation
identity diffusion
psychosocial theory
group contingencies
28. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
principle
extinction
mapping
29. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
scaffolding
operant conditioning
object permanence
individualized instruction
30. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
cues
reflexes
critical thinking
31. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
private speech
emergent literacy
recency effect
choral responses
32. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
parallel play
attention
perception
conventional level of morality
33. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
maintenance
levels-of-processing theory
parallel play
schedule of reinforcement
34. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
norm-referenced interpretations
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
effective use of independent practice time
seriation
35. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
observational learning
punishment
concrete operational stage
inert knowledge
36. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
schemata
single-case experiment
norm-referenced interpretations
37. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
external validity
autonomous morality
nformation-processing theory
attribution theory
38. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
paired bilingual education
direct instruction
variable-interval schedule.
applied behavior analysis
39. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
bilingual education
external locus of control
growth needs
short-term/ working memory
40. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
identity achievement
mapping
short-term/ working memory
private speech
41. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
emergent literacy
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
theory
42. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
english immersion
principle
overlapping
developmentally appropriate education
43. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
shaping
reciprocal teaching
major stage theorists
equilibration
44. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
theory
trust vs. mistrust
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
outlining
45. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
mental set
variable
cues
46. Continuation (of behavior)
maintenance
psychosocial crisis
self-concept
instrumental enrichment
47. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
serial learning
procedural memory
major stage theorists
consequences
48. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
top-down processing
advance organizers
cognitive behavior modification
concrete operational stage
49. 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.
direct instruction
mediated learning
punishment
outlining
50. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
classical conditioning
modeling
multiple intelligences
cues