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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






2. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






3. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






4. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






6. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






7. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






8. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






9. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






10. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






11. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






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






14. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






15. 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






16. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






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






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






20. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






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






22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






23. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






24. 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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25. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






26. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






27. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






28. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






29. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






30. Research + common sense






31. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






33. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






35. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






36. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






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






38. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






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






40. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






41. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






42. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






43. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






44. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






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






46. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






47. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.