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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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.
variable-interval schedule.
mediated learning
nongraded programs
initiative vs. guilt
2. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
maintenance
equity pedagogy
consequences
fixed-interval schedule
3. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
positive correlation
mock participation
procedural memory
QAIT model
4. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
expectancy theory
cooperative learning
discontinuous theories of development
Premack Principle
5. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
review prerequisites
cooperative play
primacy effect
development
6. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
imagery
readiness training
choral responses
behavioral learning theories
7. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
transfer of learning
prosocial behaviors
consequences
verbal learning
8. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
small muscle development
Blooms Taxonomy
attribution theory
worked examples
9. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
metacognitive skills
regrouping
overlapping
laboratory experiment
10. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
identity diffusion
seatwork
concrete operational stage
nformation-processing theory
11. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
untracking
moratorium
expectancy-valence model
retroactive facilitation
12. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
identity achievement
semantic memory
sex-role behavior
rote learning
13. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
proactive inhibition
independent practice
identity achievement
top-down processing
14. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
instrumental enrichment
transfer of learning
retroactive inhibition
retroactive facilitation
15. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
sex-role behavior
content integration
reversibility
developmentally appropriate education
16. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
development
prosocial behaviors
unconditioned stimulus
equilibration
17. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
transfer of learning
wait time
attribution theory
reflectivity
18. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
performance goals
conventional level of morality
concrete operational stage
levels-of-processing theory
19. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
working memory capacity
initiative vs. guilt
experimental group
unconditioned stimulus
20. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
wait time
working memory capacity
top-down processing
schedule of reinforcement
21. 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)
constructivist theories of learning
home-based reinforcement strategies
scaffolding
action research
22. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
conservation
neutral stimuli
advance organizers
correlational study
23. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
cognitive learning theories
prejudice reduction
analogies
24. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
learning probes
law
vicarious learning
generativity vs self-absorption
25. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
adaptation
secondary reinforcer
affective objectives
proactive inhibition
26. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal validity
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
random assignment
associative play
27. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
external validity
parts of a direct instruction lesson
parallel play
experimental group
28. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
generativity vs self-absorption
Blooms Taxonomy
cognitive development
compensatory preschool programs
29. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
scaffolding
mnemonics
cues
loci method
30. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.
regrouping
achievement motivation
loci method
laboratory experiment
31. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
concept
choral responses
paired-associate learning
PQ4R method
32. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
imagery
variable
long-term memory
psychosocial theory
33. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
mnemonics
psychosocial crisis
retroactive inhibition
deficiency needs
34. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
enactment
sign systems
rehearsal
autonomous morality
35. 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.
pedagogy
schema theory
serial learning
self-regulation
36. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
advance organizers
extinction burst
conventional level of morality
performance goals
37. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
centration
self-esteem
early intervention program
top-down processing
38. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
compensatory education
small muscle development
reinforcer
calling order
39. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
treatment
rehearsal
transitivity
punishment
40. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
cognitive development
seatwork
keyword method
learning probes
41. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
maintenance
behavioral learning theories
constructivism
between-class ability grouping
42. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
social comparison
calling order
associative play
growth needs
43. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
procedural memory
social learning theory
moratorium
44. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
schemata
dual code theory of memory
learning goals
home-based reinforcement strategies
45. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
stimuli
identity vs. role confusion
schemes
internal validity
46. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
discovery learning
reflectivity
classical conditioning
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
47. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
early intervention program
heteronomous morality
industry vs. inferiority
lesson clarity
48. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
norm-referenced interpretations
working memory capacity
bottom-up processing
self-questioning strategies
49. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
applied behavior analysis
keyword method
reciprocal teaching
50. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
social comparison
theory
process-product studies
procedural memory
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