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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






2. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






3. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






4. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






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






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






8. 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)






9. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






10. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






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






12. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






13. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






14. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






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






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






17. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






18. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






19. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






20. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






21. 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.






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






23. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






24. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






25. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question






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






27. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






28. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






29. A person's interpretation of stimuli






30. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






31. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






32. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






33. 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.






34. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






35. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






36. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






37. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






38. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






39. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






40. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






41. 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)






42. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






43. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






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






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






47. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






48. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






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






50. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.