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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






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






3. 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)






4. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






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






6. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






7. 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)






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






9. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






10. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






11. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






12. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






13. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






14. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






15. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






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






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






18. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






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






20. The study of learning and teaching.






21. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






22. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






23. Events that precede behaviors






24. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






25. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






26. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






27. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






28. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






29. 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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30. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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






32. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






33. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.






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






35. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






36. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






37. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






38. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






39. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






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






42. 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






43. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






44. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






46. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






47. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






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






50. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.