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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
identity achievement
postconventional level of morality
sign systems
2. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
transitional bilingual education
nformation-processing theory
working memory capacity
independent practice
3. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
inert knowledge
attribution theory
scaffolding
intelligence quotient (IQ)
4. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
rehearsal
lesson clarity
heteronomous morality
action research
5. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
bilingual education
development
group contingencies
intelligence
6. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
learning goals
paired-associate learning
short-term/ working memory
cognitive behavior modification
7. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
self-esteem
regrouping
seatwork
bilingual education
8. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
developmentally appropriate education
continuous theories of development
norm-referenced interpretations
control group
9. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
theory
continuous theories of development
individualized instruction
reflexes
10. Perception of and response to different stimuli
group contingencies
discrimination
conventional level of morality
self-esteem
11. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
achievement motivation
external locus of control
behavioral learning theories
constructivism
12. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
self-regulated learners
rehearsal
discovery learning
primary reinforcer
13. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
conditioned stimulus
psychosocial crisis
intelligence
intimacy vs. isolation
14. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
preconventional level of morality
conventional level of morality
autonomy vs. doubt
15. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
self-concept
single-case experiment
enactment
16. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
positive correlation
conservation
parts of a direct instruction lesson
instrumental enrichment
17. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
cognitive apprenticeship
schemes
content integration
class inclusion
18. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
descriptive research
self-actualization
summative evaluations
sensory register
19. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
integrity vs. despiar
positive correlation
emergent literacy
learning
20. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
withitness
external validity
adaptation
learning probes
21. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
rehearsal
operant conditioning
experiment
rote learning
22. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rote learning
sensorimotor stage
QAIT model
note-taking
23. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
criterion-related evidence
proactive inhibition
cooperative play
short-term/ working memory
24. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
continuous theories of development
distributed practice
cognitive development
development
25. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
heteronomous morality
loci method
multiple intelligences
achievement motivation
26. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
cooperative learning
small muscle development
autonomy vs. doubt
major stage theorists
27. 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.
early intervention program
integrity vs. despiar
teacher efficacy
advance organizers
28. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
pedagogy
removal punishment
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
keyword method
29. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
PQ4R method
schemata
concept
experimental group
30. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
overlapping
reversibility
primacy effect
note-taking
31. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
cognitive development
principle
reflexes
formative evaluation
32. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
keyword method
intelligence
regrouping
33. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
bilingual education
mental set
paired bilingual education
primary reinforcer
34. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
top-down processing
instrumental enrichment
experimental group
35. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
solitary play
retroactive facilitation
conservation
self-regulated learners
36. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
wait time
content evidence
intelligence quotient (IQ)
cognitive learning theories
37. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
removal punishment
growth needs
intelligence quotient (IQ)
aptitude-treatment interaction
38. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
working memory capacity
mapping
wait time
between-class ability grouping
39. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
control group
modeling
Blooms Taxonomy
treatment
40. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
summarizing
perception
consequences
discontinuous theories of development
41. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
initiative vs. guilt
conventional level of morality
verbal learning
attribution theory
42. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
action research
integrity vs. despiar
schedule of reinforcement
discovery learning
43. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
effective teaching
integrity vs. despiar
parallel play
reflectivity
44. 5 to 9 pieces of information
educational psychology
home-based reinforcement strategies
cooperative learning
working memory capacity
45. 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
PQ4R method
cues
initiative vs. guilt
46. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
experimental group
initial-letter strategies
choral responses
content evidence
47. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
schemes
associative play
cooperative scripting
behavior-content matrix
48. Research + common sense
neutral stimuli
class inclusion
free-recall learning
effective teaching
49. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
concrete operational stage
reciprocal teaching
massed practice
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
norm-referenced interpretations
fixed-interval schedule
rule-example-rule
instrumental enrichment