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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Events that precede behaviors
formal operational stage
deficiency needs
mapping
antecedent stimuli
2. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
wait time
metacognition
long-term memory
3. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
long-term memory
preconventional level of morality
modeling
pegword method
4. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
small muscle development
paired-associate learning
achievement motivation
autonomy vs. doubt
5. 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)
cognitive behavior modification
nongraded programs
cognitive development
autonomy vs. doubt
6. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
elaboration
bilingual education
levels-of-processing theory
verbal learning
7. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
Blooms Taxonomy
interference
mental set
experimental group
8. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
reciprocal teaching
attention
moral dilemmas
cognitive behavior modification
9. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
shaping
randomized field experiment
reciprocal teaching
neutral stimuli
10. 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.
conventional level of morality
conditioned stimulus
social comparison
mediated learning
11. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
conservation
intelligence quotient (IQ)
procedural memory
cognitive apprenticeship
12. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
cues
affective objectives
PQ4R method
calling order
13. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
applied behavior analysis
expectancy theory
action research
communicating positive expectations
14. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
reflectivity
inert knowledge
fixed-interval schedule
sensory register
15. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
parallel play
learning goals
mental set
outlining
16. 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.
means-ends analysis
reinforcer
theory
instrumental enrichment
17. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
reversibility
foreclosure
assimilation
pedagogy
18. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
initiative vs. guilt
reversibility
QAIT model
analogies
19. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
object permanence
consequences
autonomous morality
home-based reinforcement strategies
20. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
self-esteem
untracking
nongraded programs
motivation
21. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
seriation
assertive discipline
imagery
inferred reality
22. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
process-product studies
group contingencies
readiness training
small muscle development
23. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
mock participation
punishment
conventional level of morality
formative evaluation
24. 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
episodic memory
adaptation
maintenance
reciprocal teaching
25. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
identity achievement
outlining
sensory register
treatment
26. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
semantic memory
zone of proximal development
accommodation
27. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
reversibility
episodic memory
postconventional level of morality
secondary reinforcer
28. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
learned helplessness
stimuli
cognitive learning theories
perception
29. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
conventional level of morality
external validity
conservation
cooperative play
30. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
self-regulated learners
flashbulb memory
self-esteem
rehearsal
31. 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
psychosocial crisis
meaningful learning
effective use of independent practice time
expectancy-valence model
32. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
variable-interval schedule.
elaboration
long-term memory
rule-example-rule
33. 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
cognitive apprenticeship
retroactive facilitation
regrouping
34. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
uncorrelated variables
bottom-up processing
random assignment
35. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
short-term/ working memory
nformation-processing theory
self-regulation
zone of proximal development
36. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
independent practice
schedule of reinforcement
applied behavior analysis
descriptive research
37. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
paired bilingual education
moratorium
negative correlation
means-ends analysis
38. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
modeling
reinforcer
Skinner box
39. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
compensatory preschool programs
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
rote learning
40. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
self-regulation
parallel play
maintenance
41. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
zone of proximal development
small muscle development
independent practice
internal validity
42. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable
reversibility
content integration
recency effect
43. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
transitivity
expectancy-valence model
44. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
development
reflexes
scaffolding
autonomous morality
45. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
sign systems
classical conditioning
conditioned stimulus
shaping
46. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
choral responses
sign systems
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
major stage theorists
47. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
knowledge construction
cues
serial learning
48. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
nformation-processing theory
cues
foreclosure
imagery
49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
theory
communicating positive expectations
motivation
affective objectives
50. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
pegword method
intelligence quotient (IQ)
Joplin Plan
flashbulb memory