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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
behavior-content matrix
identity vs. role confusion
modeling
recency effect
2. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
Premack Principle
scaffolding
educational psychology
paired bilingual education
3. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
cognitive behavior modification
parallel play
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
direct instruction
4. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
transfer of learning
punishment
conservation
unconditioned stimulus
5. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
learning
sex-role behavior
principle
autonomy vs. doubt
6. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
nformation-processing theory
consequences
constructivism
developmentally appropriate education
7. A change in an individual that results from experience.
levels-of-processing theory
learning
reciprocal teaching
discovery learning
8. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
removal punishment
rule-example-rule
punishment
9. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
single-case experiment
reflectivity
paired-associate learning
centration
10. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
large muscle development
schedule of reinforcement
preoperational stage
retroactive inhibition
11. 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
primary reinforcer
prosocial behaviors
semantic memory
12. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
developmentally appropriate education
inferred reality
negative correlation
nformation-processing theory
13. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
within-class ability grouping
psychosocial theory
untracking
cognitive development
14. 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.
retroactive facilitation
home-based reinforcement strategies
initial-letter strategies
mediated learning
15. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
equity pedagogy
home-based reinforcement strategies
autonomy vs. doubt
16. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
classical conditioning
heteronomous morality
development
advance organizers
17. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
discontinuous theories of development
massed practice
object permanence
QAIT model
18. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
independent practice
home-based reinforcement strategies
solitary play
scaffolding
19. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
schemata
content evidence
initiative vs. guilt
generativity vs self-absorption
20. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
concrete operational stage
single-case experiment
regrouping
cognitive development
21. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
attention
keyword method
compensatory preschool programs
22. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
educational psychology
sign systems
psychosocial theory
compensatory education
23. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
metacognition
knowledge construction
major stage theorists
mock participation
24. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schedule of reinforcement
lesson clarity
transfer of learning
internal validity
25. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
expectancy theory
learned helplessness
sex-role behavior
transitional bilingual education
26. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
zone of proximal development
modeling
extinction
primary reinforcer
27. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
discontinuous theories of development
automaticity
sex-role behavior
locus of control
28. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
Joplin Plan
reflectivity
sensory register
self-concept
29. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
schemata
sign systems
analogies
cognitive development
30. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
outlining
lesson clarity
accommodation
prejudice reduction
31. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
operant conditioning
assertive discipline
overlapping
seatwork
32. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
formative evaluation
preconventional level of morality
learning probes
criterion-related evidence
33. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
sensory register
emergent literacy
critical thinking
34. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
transitional bilingual education
sensory register
criterion-references interpretations
episodic memory
35. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
constructivism
foreclosure
mnemonics
rule-example-rule
36. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
conventional level of morality
descriptive research
advance organizers
theory
37. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
positive correlation
sensorimotor stage
descriptive research
bottom-up processing
38. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
regrouping
english immersion
short-term/ working memory
between-class ability grouping
39. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
secondary reinforcer
reflexes
small muscle development
equity pedagogy
40. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
rehearsal
Blooms Taxonomy
proactive inhibition
centration
41. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
mediated learning
reversibility
discontinuous theories of development
42. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
educational psychology
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
schedule of reinforcement
action research
43. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
semantic memory
theory
intelligence quotient (IQ)
identity achievement
44. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
antecedent stimuli
sex-role behavior
locus of control
formal operational stage
45. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
random assignment
two-way bilingual education
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
external locus of control
46. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
intelligence
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
vicarious learning
observational learning
47. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cognitive behavior modification
conditioned stimulus
review prerequisites
social learning theory
48. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
autonomy vs. doubt
concrete operational stage
prosocial behaviors
parts of a direct instruction lesson
49. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
intentionality
individualized instruction
calling order
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
50. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
descriptive research
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
secondary reinforcer
imagery