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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
affective objectives
perception
psychosocial crisis
reflectivity
2. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
formal operational stage
intimacy vs. isolation
paired bilingual education
instrumental enrichment
3. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
PQ4R method
lesson clarity
working memory capacity
psychosocial crisis
4. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
class inclusion
classical conditioning
worked examples
5. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
generalization
episodic memory
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
6. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
presentation punishment
vicarious learning
theory
inert knowledge
7. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
analogies
principle
nongraded programs
identity achievement
8. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
self-esteem
foreclosure
within-class ability grouping
intelligence quotient (IQ)
9. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
internal validity
mapping
achievement motivation
independent practice
10. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
discontinuous theories of development
social comparison
adaptation
preoperational stage
11. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
summarizing
overlapping
intimacy vs. isolation
negative correlation
12. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
discontinuous theories of development
recency effect
constructivism
randomized field experiment
13. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
presentation punishment
action research
instrumental enrichment
external validity
14. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
proactive inhibition
neutral stimuli
intelligence quotient (IQ)
scaffolding
15. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
multiple intelligences
mnemonics
QAIT model
advance organizers
16. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
intentionality
social learning theory
overlapping
17. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
correlational study
expectancy theory
accommodation
18. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
conventional level of morality
knowledge construction
foreclosure
advance organizers
19. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
interference
rote learning
discontinuous theories of development
home-based reinforcement strategies
20. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
discrimination
bilingual education
early intervention program
identity vs. role confusion
21. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
wait time
learning goals
identity vs. role confusion
within-class ability grouping
22. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schedule of reinforcement
home-based reinforcement strategies
pedagogy
schemes
23. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
criterion-references interpretations
uncorrelated variables
stimuli
24. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
verbal learning
schema theory
neutral stimuli
calling order
25. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
primary reinforcer
procedural memory
mental set
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
26. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
transitional bilingual education
secondary reinforcer
Blooms Taxonomy
fixed-interval schedule
27. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
performance goals
descriptive research
affective objectives
negative correlation
28. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
rule-example-rule
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
principle
direct instruction
29. Research + common sense
cognitive development
autonomous morality
long-term memory
effective teaching
30. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
knowledge construction
punishment
two-way bilingual education
readiness training
31. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
accommodation
trust vs. mistrust
major stage theorists
32. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
content evidence
english immersion
developmentally appropriate education
external validity
33. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
schemes
mediated learning
transitivity
34. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
norm-referenced interpretations
primary reinforcer
applied behavior analysis
behavior-content matrix
35. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
equity pedagogy
Skinner box
direct instruction
sensory register
36. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
achievement motivation
proactive inhibition
moratorium
cognitive learning theories
37. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
theory
antecedent stimuli
positive correlation
aptitude-treatment interaction
38. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
formative evaluation
attribution theory
serial learning
retroactive inhibition
39. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
conservation
descriptive research
instrumental enrichment
identity achievement
40. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
self-concept
constructivism
continuous theories of development
prosocial behaviors
41. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
neutral stimuli
solitary play
major stage theorists
performance goals
42. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
identity diffusion
psychosocial crisis
consequences
review prerequisites
43. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
rule-example-rule
self-regulated learners
intentionality
identity vs. role confusion
44. 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
removal punishment
review prerequisites
nformation-processing theory
45. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
formal operational stage
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
knowledge construction
46. Learning of a list of items in any order.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
mapping
free-recall learning
bilingual education
47. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
schemata
rote learning
large muscle development
conditioned stimulus
48. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
derived scores
accommodation
educational psychology
overlapping
49. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
trust vs. mistrust
egocentric
developmentally appropriate education
cooperative scripting
50. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
identity diffusion
developmentally appropriate education
external validity
retroactive inhibition