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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
scaffolding
proactive facilitation
maintenance
massed practice
2. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
punishment
single-case experiment
identity diffusion
external validity
3. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
learning goals
keyword method
teacher efficacy
antecedent stimuli
4. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
readiness training
extinction burst
mock participation
maintenance
5. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
development
content integration
cooperative play
formal operational stage
6. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
solitary play
sensorimotor stage
cognitive behavior modification
interference
7. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
extinction
english immersion
assertive discipline
law
8. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
imagery
correlational study
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
performance goals
9. 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.
variable-interval schedule.
self-esteem
trust vs. mistrust
associative play
10. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
generativity vs self-absorption
process-product studies
inferred reality
principle
11. 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)
serial learning
rule-example-rule
autonomy vs. doubt
discovery learning
12. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
applied behavior analysis
psychosocial crisis
self-concept
autonomous morality
13. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
QAIT model
advance organizers
variable-interval schedule.
self-esteem
14. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
vicarious learning
inert knowledge
sensorimotor stage
integrity vs. despiar
15. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
prosocial behaviors
intimacy vs. isolation
object permanence
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
16. 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
foreclosure
proactive inhibition
single-case experiment
reciprocal teaching
17. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
generativity vs self-absorption
industry vs. inferiority
primary reinforcer
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
18. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
long-term memory
nongraded programs
punishment
cognitive development
19. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
adaptation
summarizing
initial-letter strategies
behavioral learning theories
20. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
procedural memory
egocentric
secondary reinforcer
mental set
21. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
negative correlation
recency effect
seatwork
identity vs. role confusion
22. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
loci method
compensatory education
associative play
formative evaluation
23. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
social learning theory
mapping
Blooms Taxonomy
sign systems
24. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
sensory register
parts of a direct instruction lesson
compensatory preschool programs
law
25. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
antecedent stimuli
intimacy vs. isolation
experiment
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
26. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
major stage theorists
bilingual education
content evidence
self-regulated learners
27. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
external validity
reinforcer
intelligence
behavioral learning theories
28. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
initial-letter strategies
trust vs. mistrust
self-concept
aptitude-treatment interaction
29. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
observational learning
private speech
worked examples
imagery
30. Play that occurs alone.
top-down processing
proactive inhibition
solitary play
reinforcer
31. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
sensory register
PQ4R method
content evidence
self-esteem
32. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
presentation punishment
rule-example-rule
review prerequisites
intelligence quotient (IQ)
33. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
reflexes
advance organizers
descriptive research
levels-of-processing theory
34. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
applied behavior analysis
formal operational stage
working memory capacity
conditioned stimulus
35. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
attention
centration
schema theory
long-term memory
36. 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.
shaping
advance organizers
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
integrity vs. despiar
37. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
keyword method
lesson clarity
locus of control
reflexes
38. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
foreclosure
sign systems
prejudice reduction
derived scores
39. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
randomized field experiment
untracking
identity vs. role confusion
pegword method
40. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
equity pedagogy
mnemonics
random assignment
proactive inhibition
41. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
verbal learning
reflexes
conservation
continuous theories of development
42. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
heteronomous morality
two-way bilingual education
maintenance
long-term memory
43. Perception of and response to different stimuli
punishment
generativity vs self-absorption
discrimination
metacognition
44. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
Premack Principle
seriation
variable
critical thinking
45. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
emergent literacy
norm-referenced interpretations
self-regulated learners
learning
46. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
parallel play
internal validity
reversibility
bilingual education
47. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
cognitive development
preoperational stage
action research
psychosocial theory
48. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
meaningful learning
compensatory preschool programs
elaboration
vicarious learning
49. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
recency effect
Premack Principle
consequences
summative evaluations
50. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
applied behavior analysis
internal validity
transfer of learning
wait time