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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
Premack Principle
distributed practice
self-regulation
modeling
2. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
discontinuous theories of development
unconditioned stimulus
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
readiness training
3. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
neutral stimuli
norm-referenced interpretations
worked examples
free-recall learning
4. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
assertive discipline
postconventional level of morality
5. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
retroactive inhibition
bilingual education
Joplin Plan
proactive inhibition
6. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formal operational stage
bottom-up processing
cognitive learning theories
punishment
7. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co
observational learning
rule-example-rule
worked examples
independent practice
8. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
elaboration
self-regulation
mapping
summative evaluations
9. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
untracking
cooperative play
deficiency needs
seatwork
10. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
PQ4R method
discrimination
readiness training
proactive facilitation
11. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
theory
seatwork
nformation-processing theory
sex-role behavior
12. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
secondary reinforcer
generativity vs self-absorption
psychosocial crisis
learned helplessness
13. A person's interpretation of stimuli
paired-associate learning
metacognitive skills
rehearsal
perception
14. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
retroactive inhibition
object permanence
mediated learning
psychosocial theory
15. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
episodic memory
learning probes
psychosocial crisis
conservation
16. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
self-questioning strategies
formal operational stage
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
associative play
17. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
reflectivity
elaboration
outlining
conservation
18. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
consequences
within-class ability grouping
Premack Principle
top-down processing
19. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
generativity vs self-absorption
dual code theory of memory
self-regulated learners
modeling
20. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
assertive discipline
social comparison
punishment
presentation punishment
21. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
moral dilemmas
verbal learning
rehearsal
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
learning probes
social learning theory
initiative vs. guilt
random assignment
23. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
performance goals
inferred reality
effective use of independent practice time
aptitude-treatment interaction
24. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
mapping
conservation
flashbulb memory
25. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
compensatory preschool programs
english immersion
inert knowledge
learned helplessness
26. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
law
transitivity
affective objectives
overlapping
27. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
locus of control
criterion-references interpretations
emergent literacy
cues
28. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
rehearsal
pegword method
reinforcer
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
29. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
wait time
loci method
theory
centration
30. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
paired bilingual education
loci method
shaping
english immersion
31. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
social learning theory
major stage theorists
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
procedural memory
32. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
effective teaching
external locus of control
concept
flashbulb memory
33. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
small muscle development
law
negative correlation
initial-letter strategies
34. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rote learning
self-actualization
intelligence quotient (IQ)
removal punishment
35. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
effective use of independent practice time
vicarious learning
developmentally appropriate education
36. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
bottom-up processing
reflexes
massed practice
external locus of control
37. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
sign systems
loci method
principle
reflectivity
38. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
QAIT model
generalization
cooperative learning
39. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
formal operational stage
consequences
transitional bilingual education
compensatory preschool programs
40. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
stimuli
cognitive behavior modification
massed practice
Blooms Taxonomy
41. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
preoperational stage
discovery learning
large muscle development
communicating positive expectations
42. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
vicarious learning
concrete operational stage
mock participation
discovery learning
43. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
equilibration
sex-role behavior
adaptation
worked examples
44. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summarizing
summative evaluations
treatment
seatwork
45. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
advance organizers
loci method
retroactive inhibition
top-down processing
46. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
principle
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
content evidence
norm-referenced interpretations
47. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
theory
reciprocal teaching
mnemonics
experiment
48. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
short-term/ working memory
equity pedagogy
proactive inhibition
49. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
extinction burst
regrouping
social learning theory
compensatory preschool programs
50. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
serial learning
shaping
applied behavior analysis
reversibility