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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
bottom-up processing
formal operational stage
reciprocal teaching
2. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
metacognitive skills
recency effect
locus of control
cognitive learning theories
3. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
home-based reinforcement strategies
randomized field experiment
elaboration
intelligence
4. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
observational learning
bottom-up processing
action research
5. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
lesson clarity
proactive facilitation
associative play
variable-interval schedule.
6. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
intentionality
PQ4R method
operant conditioning
teacher efficacy
7. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
laboratory experiment
conventional level of morality
serial learning
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
8. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
autonomy vs. doubt
Skinner box
secondary reinforcer
industry vs. inferiority
9. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
self-regulated learners
wait time
transitional bilingual education
review prerequisites
10. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
rehearsal
worked examples
applied behavior analysis
calling order
11. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
laboratory experiment
worked examples
content evidence
treatment
12. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
cognitive learning theories
bottom-up processing
cooperative scripting
13. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
elaboration
integrity vs. despiar
retroactive inhibition
14. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
removal punishment
self-concept
psychosocial crisis
15. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
reciprocal teaching
home-based reinforcement strategies
parts of a direct instruction lesson
between-class ability grouping
16. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
direct instruction
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
seriation
mnemonics
17. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
levels-of-processing theory
episodic memory
scaffolding
laboratory experiment
18. 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
accommodation
observational learning
Premack Principle
constructivist theories of learning
19. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
multiple intelligences
intelligence quotient (IQ)
schemata
paired bilingual education
20. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
Skinner box
english immersion
between-class ability grouping
sign systems
21. 5 to 9 pieces of information
review prerequisites
bottom-up processing
working memory capacity
loci method
22. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
cooperative scripting
behavior-content matrix
attention
reflexes
23. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
presentation punishment
operant conditioning
maintenance
zone of proximal development
24. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
achievement motivation
transitional bilingual education
overlapping
autonomy vs. doubt
25. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
sensorimotor stage
behavior-content matrix
psychosocial crisis
internal validity
26. 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.
Premack Principle
growth needs
integrity vs. despiar
elaboration
27. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
calling order
Joplin Plan
modeling
group contingencies
28. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
reflexes
self-actualization
compensatory preschool programs
inferred reality
29. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
overlapping
seriation
proactive inhibition
summative evaluations
30. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
serial learning
expectancy-valence model
mnemonics
procedural memory
31. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
social comparison
short-term/ working memory
pedagogy
rule-example-rule
32. 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)
schema theory
conventional level of morality
correlational study
concrete operational stage
33. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
loci method
educational psychology
multiple intelligences
single-case experiment
34. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
foreclosure
self-regulated learners
continuous theories of development
35. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
emergent literacy
bilingual education
object permanence
sign systems
36. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned stimulus
small muscle development
perception
37. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
lesson clarity
variable
solitary play
prosocial behaviors
38. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
cognitive behavior modification
direct instruction
compensatory education
experiment
39. 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)
initiative vs. guilt
locus of control
positive correlation
review prerequisites
40. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
postconventional level of morality
constructivism
generalization
41. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
outlining
norm-referenced interpretations
zone of proximal development
parts of a direct instruction lesson
42. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
conditioned stimulus
growth needs
postconventional level of morality
motivation
43. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
development
semantic memory
sign systems
nformation-processing theory
44. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learning
two-way bilingual education
applied behavior analysis
automaticity
45. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
mental set
classical conditioning
sex-role behavior
private speech
46. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
seriation
mnemonics
attention
free-recall learning
47. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
schemata
nformation-processing theory
assertive discipline
removal punishment
48. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
retroactive inhibition
intimacy vs. isolation
communicating positive expectations
49. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.
negative correlation
criterion-references interpretations
laboratory experiment
parts of a direct instruction lesson
50. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
intentionality
sensorimotor stage
class inclusion
control group
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