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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






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






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






4. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






6. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






7. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






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






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






10. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






12. Perception of and response to different stimuli






13. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






14. 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)






15. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






16. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






17. 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.






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






19. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






20. 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)






21. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






22. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






23. Research + common sense






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






25. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






26. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






27. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






28. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






29. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






30. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






31. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






32. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






33. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






34. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






35. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






41. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






42. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






43. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






44. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






45. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






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






48. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






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






50. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.