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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






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






4. A person's interpretation of stimuli






5. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






6. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






7. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






15. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






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






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






18. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






19. 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.






20. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






21. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






22. 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.






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






24. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






25. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






26. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






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






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






30. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






31. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






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






33. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






34. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






35. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






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






37. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






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






39. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






40. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






41. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






42. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






43. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






44. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






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






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






47. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






48. 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)






49. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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







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