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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






2. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






3. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






4. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






5. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






6. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






7. Learning of a list of items in any order.






8. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






9. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






10. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






11. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






12. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






13. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






14. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






15. Continuation (of behavior)






16. 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






17. 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.






18. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






19. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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20. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






21. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






22. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






23. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






24. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






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






26. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






27. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






28. Play that occurs alone.






29. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






30. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






31. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






32. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






33. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






35. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






36. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






37. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






38. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






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






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






41. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






42. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






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






44. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






45. 5 to 9 pieces of information






46. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






47. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






48. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






49. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






50. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')