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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Events that precede behaviors
transfer of learning
continuous theories of development
antecedent stimuli
between-class ability grouping
2. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
variable
readiness training
schemes
3. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
compensatory education
content integration
self-regulation
associative play
4. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
cognitive behavior modification
distributed practice
criterion-related evidence
5. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
between-class ability grouping
performance goals
extinction
cognitive behavior modification
6. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
withitness
review prerequisites
adaptation
7. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
flashbulb memory
emergent literacy
primary reinforcer
adaptation
8. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
trust vs. mistrust
moratorium
Joplin Plan
equity pedagogy
9. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
within-class ability grouping
seriation
long-term memory
10. Research + common sense
effective teaching
learning
intimacy vs. isolation
independent practice
11. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
equity pedagogy
self-actualization
wait time
english immersion
12. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
small muscle development
object permanence
inferred reality
within-class ability grouping
13. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
aptitude-treatment interaction
learning probes
single-case experiment
extinction burst
14. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
generativity vs self-absorption
experimental group
metacognitive skills
self-regulation
15. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
modeling
teacher efficacy
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
16. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
neutral stimuli
content integration
withitness
control group
17. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
classical conditioning
intimacy vs. isolation
scaffolding
reversibility
18. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
review prerequisites
rote learning
massed practice
random assignment
19. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
recency effect
metacognitive skills
distributed practice
perception
20. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
large muscle development
attribution theory
formative evaluation
correlational study
21. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
formal operational stage
note-taking
inert knowledge
between-class ability grouping
22. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need
23. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
continuous theories of development
identity vs. role confusion
class inclusion
two-way bilingual education
24. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
concept
pedagogy
mock participation
self-esteem
25. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
worked examples
sex-role behavior
continuous theories of development
content integration
26. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
trust vs. mistrust
communicating positive expectations
automaticity
interference
27. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
behavior-content matrix
retroactive facilitation
formal operational stage
effective teaching
28. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
cognitive development
between-class ability grouping
constructivism
class inclusion
29. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
inert knowledge
automaticity
integrity vs. despiar
attention
30. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
interference
punishment
law
social comparison
31. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
paired-associate learning
laboratory experiment
theory
external locus of control
32. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
moral dilemmas
cognitive behavior modification
Blooms Taxonomy
emergent literacy
33. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
norm-referenced interpretations
nongraded programs
antecedent stimuli
learning goals
34. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
seriation
norm-referenced interpretations
between-class ability grouping
compensatory preschool programs
35. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
wait time
major stage theorists
norm-referenced interpretations
Blooms Taxonomy
36. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
achievement motivation
self-concept
process-product studies
learning goals
37. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
distributed practice
cues
cooperative play
randomized field experiment
38. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
vicarious learning
psychosocial theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
39. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
negative correlation
wait time
educational psychology
automaticity
40. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
seatwork
reflectivity
summative evaluations
psychosocial theory
41. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
communicating positive expectations
major stage theorists
rote learning
growth needs
42. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
experiment
classical conditioning
multiple intelligences
assertive discipline
43. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
mapping
analogies
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
unconditioned stimulus
44. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
retroactive facilitation
generalization
top-down processing
reinforcer
45. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
sign systems
negative correlation
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
46. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
internal validity
equity pedagogy
levels-of-processing theory
sensorimotor stage
47. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
effective use of independent practice time
moral dilemmas
sex-role behavior
transfer of learning
48. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
preconventional level of morality
external validity
reversibility
shaping
49. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)
cognitive learning theories
reversibility
initiative vs. guilt
schedule of reinforcement
50. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
trust vs. mistrust
metacognitive skills
effective teaching
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule