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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
preoperational stage
schema theory
single-case experiment
identity achievement
2. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
single-case experiment
metacognitive skills
centration
review prerequisites
3. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
episodic memory
learning probes
performance goals
conditioned stimulus
4. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
compensatory preschool programs
summative evaluations
sensorimotor stage
fixed-interval schedule
5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
identity vs. role confusion
variable-interval schedule.
inert knowledge
retroactive inhibition
6. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
postconventional level of morality
self-regulation
identity vs. role confusion
summarizing
7. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
parts of a direct instruction lesson
overlapping
norm-referenced interpretations
8. 5 to 9 pieces of information
maintenance
working memory capacity
extinction
zone of proximal development
9. 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)
discrimination
generativity vs self-absorption
concrete operational stage
rote learning
10. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
intentionality
experimental group
nformation-processing theory
psychosocial crisis
11. Play that occurs alone.
summarizing
experimental group
solitary play
QAIT model
12. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
free-recall learning
accommodation
extinction
transitivity
13. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
discontinuous theories of development
variable-interval schedule.
positive correlation
compensatory education
14. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
operant conditioning
top-down processing
inert knowledge
negative correlation
15. A person's interpretation of stimuli
effective teaching
perception
schedule of reinforcement
conventional level of morality
16. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
flashbulb memory
rehearsal
effective teaching
elaboration
17. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
compensatory education
withitness
descriptive research
intimacy vs. isolation
18. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
cognitive learning theories
self-regulated learners
solitary play
keyword method
19. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
random assignment
regrouping
constructivist theories of learning
loci method
20. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
outlining
independent practice
industry vs. inferiority
self-regulation
21. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
generativity vs self-absorption
punishment
seriation
recency effect
22. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
bottom-up processing
knowledge construction
developmentally appropriate education
large muscle development
23. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
paired bilingual education
compensatory preschool programs
self-regulation
distributed practice
24. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
vicarious learning
identity vs. role confusion
nongraded programs
advance organizers
25. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
working memory capacity
sex-role behavior
reversibility
cognitive development
26. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
reflexes
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
metacognitive skills
initial-letter strategies
27. Events that precede behaviors
interference
procedural memory
cooperative learning
antecedent stimuli
28. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
unconditioned stimulus
proactive inhibition
fixed-interval schedule
29. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
means-ends analysis
equilibration
random assignment
note-taking
30. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
mental set
cognitive learning theories
sign systems
nongraded programs
31. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
negative correlation
cognitive behavior modification
keyword method
aptitude-treatment interaction
32. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
imagery
educational psychology
cues
locus of control
33. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
sign systems
summative evaluations
automaticity
postconventional level of morality
34. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
initial-letter strategies
autonomy vs. doubt
social comparison
criterion-related evidence
35. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
fixed-interval schedule
transfer of learning
intelligence
english immersion
36. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
between-class ability grouping
affective objectives
group contingencies
experimental group
37. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
removal punishment
identity diffusion
cognitive apprenticeship
withitness
38. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
imagery
modeling
interference
39. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
psychosocial theory
internal validity
enactment
40. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
aptitude-treatment interaction
primacy effect
attribution theory
schema theory
41. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
initiative vs. guilt
affective objectives
untracking
cooperative play
42. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
major stage theorists
content integration
intentionality
discrimination
43. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
cognitive development
primacy effect
Skinner box
emergent literacy
44. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
foreclosure
sex-role behavior
multiple intelligences
serial learning
45. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
external locus of control
solitary play
randomized field experiment
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
46. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
discovery learning
aptitude-treatment interaction
expectancy theory
parallel play
47. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
untracking
punishment
schema theory
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
48. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
summarizing
treatment
cognitive apprenticeship
between-class ability grouping
49. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
top-down processing
postconventional level of morality
centration
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
retroactive inhibition
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
removal punishment
rule-example-rule
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