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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






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






3. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






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






5. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






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






7. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






8. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






9. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






10. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






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






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






13. 5 to 9 pieces of information






14. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






15. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






16. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






17. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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






19. 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)






20. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






21. 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

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22. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






23. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






24. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






25. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






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






27. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






28. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






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






30. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






31. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






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






33. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






35. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






36. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






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






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






39. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






40. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






42. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






43. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






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






45. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






46. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






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






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






49. 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.






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






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