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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






2. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






3. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






4. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






5. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






6. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






7. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






8. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






9. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






10. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






11. Research + common sense






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






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






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






15. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






16. 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.






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






18. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






19. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






20. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






21. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






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






23. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






24. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






25. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






26. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






27. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






28. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






29. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






30. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






31. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






32. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






33. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






34. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






35. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






36. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






37. 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.






38. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






40. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






41. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






42. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






43. 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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44. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






45. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






46. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






47. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






48. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






49. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






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