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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
proactive inhibition
self-concept
intelligence quotient (IQ)
lesson clarity
2. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus
deficiency needs
external locus of control
cues
3. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
applied behavior analysis
pedagogy
schedule of reinforcement
massed practice
4. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
english immersion
schemes
transfer of learning
criterion-related evidence
5. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
sensory register
schema theory
reciprocal teaching
secondary reinforcer
6. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
derived scores
psychosocial theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
generalization
7. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
instrumental enrichment
keyword method
reflexes
uncorrelated variables
8. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
proactive inhibition
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
major stage theorists
presentation punishment
9. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
reflectivity
conditioned stimulus
short-term/ working memory
top-down processing
10. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
group contingencies
educational psychology
assimilation
Skinner box
11. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
internal validity
automaticity
instrumental enrichment
identity achievement
12. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
transitional bilingual education
continuous theories of development
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
Skinner box
13. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
random assignment
conservation
levels-of-processing theory
autonomous morality
14. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
parallel play
social comparison
pedagogy
15. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
cooperative play
elaboration
withitness
cognitive learning theories
16. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
behavioral learning theories
external validity
centration
assertive discipline
17. 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
procedural memory
compensatory preschool programs
seatwork
18. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
communicating positive expectations
constructivism
autonomy vs. doubt
19. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
self-regulated learners
preconventional level of morality
attention
criterion-related evidence
20. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
social comparison
conditioned stimulus
object permanence
home-based reinforcement strategies
21. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
wait time
communicating positive expectations
classical conditioning
PQ4R method
22. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
random assignment
nongraded programs
conventional level of morality
solitary play
23. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
experiment
individualized instruction
note-taking
summative evaluations
24. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
schemata
self-regulation
nformation-processing theory
paired-associate learning
25. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
reciprocal teaching
intimacy vs. isolation
schemes
psychosocial crisis
26. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
sensory register
random assignment
metacognitive skills
advance organizers
27. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
cues
stimuli
identity diffusion
variable-interval schedule.
28. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
primacy effect
PQ4R method
locus of control
secondary reinforcer
29. A person's interpretation of stimuli
long-term memory
PQ4R method
equity pedagogy
perception
30. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
serial learning
keyword method
moral dilemmas
31. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
self-actualization
serial learning
32. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
applied behavior analysis
long-term memory
cooperative play
mediated learning
33. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
unconditioned stimulus
episodic memory
loci method
mental set
34. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
critical thinking
distributed practice
moratorium
dual code theory of memory
35. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
imagery
sensorimotor stage
self-concept
Skinner box
36. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
learned helplessness
behavior-content matrix
summarizing
concept
37. 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.
adaptation
identity diffusion
attribution theory
means-ends analysis
38. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
motivation
vicarious learning
affective objectives
social learning theory
39. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
cues
equilibration
postconventional level of morality
40. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
inert knowledge
verbal learning
trust vs. mistrust
transitional bilingual education
41. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
cognitive apprenticeship
external locus of control
sensorimotor stage
sensory register
42. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
early intervention program
identity diffusion
descriptive research
43. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
verbal learning
primacy effect
multiple intelligences
assertive discipline
44. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
learned helplessness
expectancy theory
direct instruction
content integration
45. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
between-class ability grouping
process-product studies
cooperative scripting
norm-referenced interpretations
46. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
critical thinking
proactive facilitation
regrouping
growth needs
47. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
retroactive inhibition
two-way bilingual education
within-class ability grouping
nformation-processing theory
48. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
laboratory experiment
semantic memory
two-way bilingual education
psychosocial theory
49. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
educational psychology
autonomous morality
continuous theories of development
variable-interval schedule.
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
self-regulated learners
interference
fixed-interval schedule
means-ends analysis