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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
worked examples
moratorium
fixed-interval schedule
discovery learning
2. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
adaptation
developmentally appropriate education
nongraded programs
3. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
solitary play
laboratory experiment
cooperative learning
4. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
early intervention program
random assignment
antecedent stimuli
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
5. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
law
affective objectives
mock participation
generativity vs self-absorption
6. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
intimacy vs. isolation
retroactive inhibition
early intervention program
primacy effect
7. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
self-concept
conservation
imagery
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
8. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
formative evaluation
major stage theorists
short-term/ working memory
neutral stimuli
9. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
social comparison
centration
effective teaching
Skinner box
10. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
control group
mental set
content integration
parallel play
11. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
laboratory experiment
discontinuous theories of development
action research
moral dilemmas
12. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
fixed-interval schedule
PQ4R method
criterion-references interpretations
13. A change in an individual that results from experience.
developmentally appropriate education
fixed-interval schedule
criterion-references interpretations
learning
14. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
locus of control
recency effect
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
loci method
15. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
self-actualization
Premack Principle
schema theory
cooperative play
16. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
summarizing
inert knowledge
large muscle development
correlational study
17. 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.
paired-associate learning
experiment
means-ends analysis
negative correlation
18. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
heteronomous morality
concept
flashbulb memory
self-regulated learners
19. Perception of and response to different stimuli
preoperational stage
discrimination
effective use of independent practice time
overlapping
20. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
single-case experiment
theory
choral responses
intentionality
21. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
analogies
elaboration
lesson clarity
summative evaluations
22. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
stimuli
applied behavior analysis
emergent literacy
aptitude-treatment interaction
23. 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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24. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
extinction burst
summarizing
variable-interval schedule.
norm-referenced interpretations
25. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
reflectivity
loci method
communicating positive expectations
correlational study
26. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
identity achievement
self-concept
proactive inhibition
means-ends analysis
27. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
seriation
english immersion
identity diffusion
QAIT model
28. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
elaboration
formal operational stage
content evidence
cues
29. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
retroactive inhibition
within-class ability grouping
major stage theorists
choral responses
30. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
shaping
nongraded programs
inert knowledge
self-esteem
31. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
random assignment
inert knowledge
Premack Principle
between-class ability grouping
32. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
overlapping
loci method
identity achievement
learned helplessness
33. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
associative play
preoperational stage
continuous theories of development
communicating positive expectations
34. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
performance goals
extinction
transitivity
review prerequisites
35. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
discrimination
intentionality
overlapping
serial learning
36. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
uncorrelated variables
trust vs. mistrust
bilingual education
criterion-related evidence
37. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
transfer of learning
large muscle development
paired-associate learning
PQ4R method
38. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
episodic memory
learning goals
conventional level of morality
semantic memory
39. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
rule-example-rule
object permanence
observational learning
treatment
40. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
integrity vs. despiar
attention
effective teaching
instrumental enrichment
41. 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
extinction
effective use of independent practice time
development
cooperative play
42. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
self-concept
retroactive facilitation
procedural memory
imagery
43. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
derived scores
variable
calling order
worked examples
44. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
untracking
withitness
interference
proactive inhibition
45. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
mapping
consequences
seatwork
46. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
summative evaluations
preconventional level of morality
english immersion
47. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
cognitive development
outlining
action research
self-regulation
48. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
meaningful learning
classical conditioning
solitary play
major stage theorists
49. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
criterion-references interpretations
mock participation
metacognitive skills
retroactive facilitation
50. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
reversibility
positive correlation
behavior-content matrix
outlining
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