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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
short-term/ working memory
vicarious learning
enactment
assimilation
2. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
object permanence
sign systems
nformation-processing theory
scaffolding
3. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
internal validity
procedural memory
uncorrelated variables
semantic memory
4. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
schemata
parallel play
zone of proximal development
5. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
criterion-related evidence
transfer of learning
summative evaluations
vicarious learning
6. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
Joplin Plan
mental set
cognitive development
cognitive behavior modification
7. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
withitness
motivation
advance organizers
criterion-references interpretations
8. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
conditioned stimulus
moratorium
object permanence
initial-letter strategies
9. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
learning
positive correlation
cooperative scripting
self-regulation
10. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
sign systems
small muscle development
process-product studies
removal punishment
11. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
wait time
schedule of reinforcement
intelligence quotient (IQ)
single-case experiment
12. 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
internal validity
reciprocal teaching
experimental group
transitivity
13. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
variable
enactment
secondary reinforcer
discrimination
14. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
sensorimotor stage
attention
generativity vs self-absorption
random assignment
15. 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)
paired-associate learning
recency effect
initiative vs. guilt
neutral stimuli
16. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
cognitive apprenticeship
constructivist theories of learning
top-down processing
17. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
nformation-processing theory
QAIT model
associative play
content integration
18. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
intentionality
emergent literacy
classical conditioning
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
19. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
punishment
reinforcer
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
aptitude-treatment interaction
20. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
mapping
home-based reinforcement strategies
shaping
behavioral learning theories
21. 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
industry vs. inferiority
verbal learning
presentation punishment
22. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
transitivity
summarizing
inferred reality
negative correlation
23. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
norm-referenced interpretations
sensory register
meaningful learning
schemes
24. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
modeling
schema theory
interference
removal punishment
25. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
self-regulated learners
independent practice
compensatory preschool programs
external locus of control
26. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
vicarious learning
scaffolding
self-regulation
recency effect
27. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
withitness
bilingual education
postconventional level of morality
norm-referenced interpretations
28. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
untracking
pedagogy
small muscle development
verbal learning
29. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
communicating positive expectations
english immersion
imagery
PQ4R method
30. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
transfer of learning
private speech
constructivism
consequences
31. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
content evidence
lesson clarity
trust vs. mistrust
teacher efficacy
32. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
PQ4R method
pedagogy
top-down processing
interference
33. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
foreclosure
single-case experiment
perception
achievement motivation
34. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
self-actualization
egocentric
content integration
automaticity
35. 5 to 9 pieces of information
Skinner box
keyword method
working memory capacity
sign systems
36. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
extinction burst
fixed-interval schedule
critical thinking
mediated learning
37. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
initiative vs. guilt
overlapping
review prerequisites
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
38. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
centration
two-way bilingual education
short-term/ working memory
39. 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
communicating positive expectations
critical thinking
learning probes
Blooms Taxonomy
40. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
extinction
enactment
mock participation
uncorrelated variables
41. 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.
sign systems
formal operational stage
inert knowledge
emergent literacy
42. 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.
PQ4R method
zone of proximal development
applied behavior analysis
scaffolding
43. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
generalization
negative correlation
constructivist theories of learning
identity achievement
44. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
fixed-interval schedule
behavioral learning theories
autonomy vs. doubt
primacy effect
45. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
bilingual education
egocentric
analogies
heteronomous morality
46. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
group contingencies
flashbulb memory
trust vs. mistrust
retroactive inhibition
47. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
class inclusion
summative evaluations
discovery learning
interference
48. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
metacognitive skills
free-recall learning
Premack Principle
withitness
49. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
autonomy vs. doubt
regrouping
small muscle development
cognitive learning theories
50. Events that precede behaviors
schedule of reinforcement
theory
antecedent stimuli
content integration
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