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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
emergent literacy
rote learning
initial-letter strategies
identity diffusion
2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
rehearsal
discrimination
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
motivation
3. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
mock participation
short-term/ working memory
conservation
Joplin Plan
4. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
development
elaboration
review prerequisites
inert knowledge
5. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
centration
assertive discipline
Skinner box
rehearsal
6. Perception of and response to different stimuli
experiment
self-esteem
discrimination
prejudice reduction
7. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
secondary reinforcer
seatwork
working memory capacity
automaticity
8. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
principle
mapping
interference
9. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
discrimination
preoperational stage
criterion-references interpretations
schema theory
10. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
self-actualization
transfer of learning
affective objectives
punishment
11. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
principle
lesson clarity
development
concrete operational stage
12. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
applied behavior analysis
intimacy vs. isolation
scaffolding
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
13. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
removal punishment
psychosocial crisis
long-term memory
working memory capacity
14. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
constructivism
process-product studies
QAIT model
self-regulation
15. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
reciprocal teaching
direct instruction
experiment
note-taking
16. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
experiment
lesson clarity
process-product studies
reversibility
17. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
aptitude-treatment interaction
levels-of-processing theory
random assignment
reciprocal teaching
18. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
paired-associate learning
egocentric
sign systems
dual code theory of memory
19. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
automaticity
instrumental enrichment
control group
sensory register
20. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
metacognition
cognitive behavior modification
reciprocal teaching
21. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
theory
interference
correlational study
law
22. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
shaping
private speech
self-regulated learners
development
23. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
formative evaluation
primary reinforcer
effective use of independent practice time
schedule of reinforcement
24. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
bottom-up processing
transfer of learning
scaffolding
parts of a direct instruction lesson
25. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
retroactive inhibition
expectancy-valence model
Joplin Plan
episodic memory
26. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
attention
Premack Principle
attribution theory
Skinner box
27. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
private speech
growth needs
expectancy theory
autonomy vs. doubt
28. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
industry vs. inferiority
consequences
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
29. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
bottom-up processing
law
learned helplessness
transfer of learning
30. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
assimilation
worked examples
calling order
massed practice
31. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
preoperational stage
self-regulated learners
identity vs. role confusion
private speech
32. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
summative evaluations
single-case experiment
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
effective teaching
33. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
choral responses
equilibration
random assignment
procedural memory
34. 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.
conventional level of morality
levels-of-processing theory
class inclusion
content evidence
35. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
meaningful learning
development
schema theory
cues
36. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
preoperational stage
schemes
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
psychosocial theory
37. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
fixed-interval schedule
identity diffusion
criterion-related evidence
intelligence quotient (IQ)
38. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
psychosocial crisis
PQ4R method
parts of a direct instruction lesson
cognitive apprenticeship
39. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
norm-referenced interpretations
regrouping
critical thinking
social learning theory
40. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
note-taking
inert knowledge
choral responses
compensatory education
41. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
law
fixed-interval schedule
attention
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
42. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
criterion-related evidence
keyword method
consequences
sign systems
43. 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
preoperational stage
identity vs. role confusion
mediated learning
reciprocal teaching
44. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
perception
direct instruction
motivation
behavior-content matrix
45. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
moratorium
attention
paired bilingual education
short-term/ working memory
46. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
egocentric
individualized instruction
attention
worked examples
47. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
performance goals
scaffolding
regrouping
metacognitive skills
48. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
educational psychology
achievement motivation
expectancy theory
intentionality
49. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
integrity vs. despiar
motivation
growth needs
between-class ability grouping
50. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
reciprocal teaching
observational learning
outlining
verbal learning