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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






2. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






3. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






4. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






5. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






6. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






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






8. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






9. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






10. 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)






11. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






12. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






13. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






14. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






15. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






18. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






19. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






20. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






21. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






22. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






23. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






24. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






29. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






30. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






31. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






32. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






33. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






34. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






35. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






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






37. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






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






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






40. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






41. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






42. 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






43. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






44. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






45. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






46. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






47. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






48. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






49. 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)






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