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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






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






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






4. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






5. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






6. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






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






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






10. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






11. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






13. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






14. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






15. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






16. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






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






18. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






19. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






21. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






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






23. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






24. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






25. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






26. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






27. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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






29. A change in an individual that results from experience.






30. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






31. 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)






32. The study of learning and teaching.






33. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






34. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






35. 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)






36. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






37. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






39. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






40. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






41. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






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






43. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






44. Play that occurs alone.






45. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






46. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






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






48. 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)






49. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






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







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