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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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
theory
formative evaluation
compensatory education
2. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
PQ4R method
law
knowledge construction
deficiency needs
3. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
concept
process-product studies
behavior-content matrix
foreclosure
4. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
mock participation
sign systems
action research
transitivity
5. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
cooperative learning
learning probes
external locus of control
random assignment
6. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
verbal learning
performance goals
treatment
metacognition
7. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
initiative vs. guilt
serial learning
treatment
Joplin Plan
8. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
initiative vs. guilt
experiment
derived scores
calling order
9. A person's interpretation of stimuli
cooperative play
intelligence
mental set
perception
10. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
means-ends analysis
equity pedagogy
levels-of-processing theory
11. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
negative correlation
rule-example-rule
growth needs
summarizing
12. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
neutral stimuli
reinforcer
proactive facilitation
elaboration
13. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
trust vs. mistrust
learned helplessness
control group
correlational study
14. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
learning
Skinner box
control group
15. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
learned helplessness
individualized instruction
cues
16. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
direct instruction
zone of proximal development
self-regulation
associative play
17. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
extinction burst
meaningful learning
developmentally appropriate education
rehearsal
18. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
group contingencies
intelligence
semantic memory
19. Perception of and response to different stimuli
rote learning
imagery
discrimination
summarizing
20. Research + common sense
effective teaching
verbal learning
initiative vs. guilt
schemes
21. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
zone of proximal development
punishment
external validity
paired bilingual education
22. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
associative play
self-regulation
mnemonics
external locus of control
23. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
theory
intelligence
autonomous morality
24. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
positive correlation
verbal learning
cognitive apprenticeship
fixed-interval schedule
25. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
pegword method
retroactive inhibition
self-concept
action research
26. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
initiative vs. guilt
content evidence
vicarious learning
secondary reinforcer
27. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
shaping
class inclusion
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
28. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
criterion-related evidence
instrumental enrichment
content evidence
nongraded programs
29. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
rule-example-rule
unconditioned stimulus
flashbulb memory
30. 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
nformation-processing theory
laboratory experiment
cues
regrouping
31. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
between-class ability grouping
transitivity
loci method
schema theory
32. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
adaptation
self-regulation
psychosocial crisis
english immersion
33. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
cooperative learning
mental set
fixed-interval schedule
equilibration
34. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
sensorimotor stage
small muscle development
instrumental enrichment
social comparison
35. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
neutral stimuli
paired-associate learning
external validity
transfer of learning
36. 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
centration
moral dilemmas
transfer of learning
37. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
reinforcer
massed practice
meaningful learning
discovery learning
38. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
learning probes
Premack Principle
foreclosure
cognitive learning theories
39. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
formative evaluation
cognitive apprenticeship
cognitive learning theories
self-questioning strategies
40. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
procedural memory
positive correlation
english immersion
extinction
41. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
equilibration
growth needs
attention
42. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
discovery learning
internal validity
self-regulated learners
prosocial behaviors
43. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
vicarious learning
theory
mnemonics
developmentally appropriate education
44. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
learning
individualized instruction
development
group contingencies
45. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
mapping
serial learning
reflexes
moratorium
46. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
procedural memory
criterion-references interpretations
growth needs
elaboration
47. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
cooperative play
attribution theory
assimilation
content integration
48. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
teacher efficacy
stimuli
mock participation
behavioral learning theories
49. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
operant conditioning
accommodation
multiple intelligences
social learning theory
50. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
dual code theory of memory
calling order
transitional bilingual education
growth needs