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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






2. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






3. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






4. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






6. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






7. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






8. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






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






10. Events that precede behaviors






11. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






12. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






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






14. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






15. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






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






17. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






18. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






19. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






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






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






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






23. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






24. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






25. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






26. 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)






27. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






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






29. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






30. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






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






32. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






33. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






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






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






36. Play that occurs alone.






37. The study of learning and teaching.






38. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






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






40. 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.






41. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






42. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






43. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






44. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






45. 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






46. 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.






47. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






48. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






49. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






50. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.