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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






2. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






3. 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)






4. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






5. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






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






7. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






8. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






9. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






10. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






11. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






12. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






13. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






15. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






16. 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)






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






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






19. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






21. Play that occurs alone.






22. 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.






23. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






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






25. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






26. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






27. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






28. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






29. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






30. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






31. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






32. Perception of and response to different stimuli






33. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






34. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






35. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






36. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






37. 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.






38. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






39. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






40. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






41. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






43. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






44. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






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






46. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






47. 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.






48. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






49. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






50. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)