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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
heteronomous morality
loci method
compensatory education
randomized field experiment
2. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
cognitive learning theories
motivation
english immersion
correlational study
3. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
identity achievement
control group
motivation
criterion-related evidence
4. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
intelligence
shaping
scaffolding
process-product studies
5. 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.
Joplin Plan
mediated learning
intentionality
compensatory preschool programs
6. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
growth needs
summative evaluations
short-term/ working memory
generalization
7. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
distributed practice
self-esteem
retroactive inhibition
metacognition
8. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
assertive discipline
concrete operational stage
keyword method
nformation-processing theory
9. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
consequences
advance organizers
flashbulb memory
10. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
mock participation
moratorium
reflexes
motivation
11. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
means-ends analysis
norm-referenced interpretations
within-class ability grouping
cooperative learning
12. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
parallel play
sex-role behavior
mental set
object permanence
13. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
preconventional level of morality
deficiency needs
postconventional level of morality
treatment
14. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
emergent literacy
intelligence quotient (IQ)
untracking
behavioral learning theories
15. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
verbal learning
formal operational stage
concrete operational stage
rote learning
16. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
free-recall learning
adaptation
conventional level of morality
multiple intelligences
17. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
classical conditioning
cognitive development
summarizing
18. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
moral dilemmas
prejudice reduction
descriptive research
verbal learning
19. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
semantic memory
concrete operational stage
shaping
verbal learning
20. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
rehearsal
multiple intelligences
expectancy-valence model
learning probes
21. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
choral responses
postconventional level of morality
self-regulation
initial-letter strategies
22. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
psychosocial theory
transfer of learning
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
motivation
23. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
proactive inhibition
note-taking
variable-interval schedule.
bilingual education
24. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
cognitive behavior modification
cooperative scripting
learning goals
continuous theories of development
25. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
fixed-interval schedule
random assignment
object permanence
discrimination
26. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
unconditioned stimulus
reinforcer
experimental group
review prerequisites
27. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
sensorimotor stage
inferred reality
rule-example-rule
massed practice
28. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
primary reinforcer
private speech
self-concept
major stage theorists
29. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
random assignment
pegword method
top-down processing
recency effect
30. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
cognitive learning theories
egocentric
self-questioning strategies
integrity vs. despiar
31. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
proactive facilitation
shaping
withitness
mnemonics
32. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
prejudice reduction
formative evaluation
internal validity
equity pedagogy
33. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
paired-associate learning
meaningful learning
self-concept
summarizing
34. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
Skinner box
theory
expectancy-valence model
recency effect
35. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
note-taking
knowledge construction
criterion-references interpretations
36. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
group contingencies
operant conditioning
individualized instruction
law
37. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
principle
between-class ability grouping
reflexes
postconventional level of morality
38. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
learning probes
schemes
uncorrelated variables
maintenance
39. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
performance goals
extinction
attribution theory
criterion-references interpretations
40. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
enactment
large muscle development
cues
cognitive apprenticeship
41. A person's interpretation of stimuli
perception
mental set
descriptive research
semantic memory
42. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
dual code theory of memory
emergent literacy
sensory register
inert knowledge
43. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
developmentally appropriate education
two-way bilingual education
early intervention program
aptitude-treatment interaction
44. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)
intentionality
initiative vs. guilt
autonomy vs. doubt
review prerequisites
45. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
schema theory
loci method
content evidence
formative evaluation
46. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
critical thinking
fixed-interval schedule
scaffolding
paired bilingual education
47. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
cooperative play
behavioral learning theories
content evidence
psychosocial theory
48. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
assertive discipline
schemata
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
bottom-up processing
49. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
paired bilingual education
emergent literacy
instrumental enrichment
Skinner box
50. 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
social comparison
Blooms Taxonomy
schedule of reinforcement
assimilation