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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
experiment
descriptive research
perception
punishment
2. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
reversibility
communicating positive expectations
sensorimotor stage
long-term memory
3. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
mental set
industry vs. inferiority
class inclusion
mapping
4. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
english immersion
expectancy theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
integrity vs. despiar
5. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
PQ4R method
summarizing
parallel play
paired bilingual education
6. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
single-case experiment
meaningful learning
locus of control
experiment
7. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
perception
development
conventional level of morality
antecedent stimuli
8. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
elaboration
behavioral learning theories
two-way bilingual education
process-product studies
9. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
untracking
distributed practice
constructivist theories of learning
metacognition
10. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
achievement motivation
observational learning
reflexes
sign systems
11. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
schema theory
affective objectives
private speech
Blooms Taxonomy
12. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
effective teaching
within-class ability grouping
group contingencies
formal operational stage
13. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
transitional bilingual education
rehearsal
self-regulation
treatment
14. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
variable
self-regulation
parallel play
self-concept
15. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
parallel play
criterion-references interpretations
calling order
constructivist theories of learning
16. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
psychosocial theory
inert knowledge
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
17. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
proactive facilitation
moral dilemmas
concrete operational stage
metacognitive skills
18. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
zone of proximal development
pedagogy
sensory register
parallel play
19. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
autonomous morality
conditioned stimulus
parallel play
direct instruction
20. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
emergent literacy
sex-role behavior
retroactive inhibition
aptitude-treatment interaction
21. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
Premack Principle
behavior-content matrix
within-class ability grouping
home-based reinforcement strategies
22. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
positive correlation
social comparison
consequences
external locus of control
23. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
stimuli
autonomous morality
compensatory preschool programs
two-way bilingual education
24. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
concrete operational stage
identity vs. role confusion
experiment
elaboration
25. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
concrete operational stage
metacognitive skills
cognitive apprenticeship
intelligence quotient (IQ)
26. 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.
motivation
meaningful learning
variable
heteronomous morality
27. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
presentation punishment
initial-letter strategies
summative evaluations
internal validity
28. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable
individualized instruction
advance organizers
scaffolding
29. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
prosocial behaviors
norm-referenced interpretations
identity diffusion
modeling
30. 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.
means-ends analysis
QAIT model
preoperational stage
action research
31. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
primary reinforcer
mock participation
social comparison
modeling
32. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
self-actualization
motivation
recency effect
dual code theory of memory
33. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
mental set
cooperative scripting
correlational study
reflectivity
34. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
antecedent stimuli
assertive discipline
autonomy vs. doubt
correlational study
35. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
calling order
review prerequisites
mnemonics
reflexes
36. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
law
laboratory experiment
proactive facilitation
equity pedagogy
37. Continuation (of behavior)
intimacy vs. isolation
maintenance
positive correlation
serial learning
38. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
content integration
formative evaluation
sign systems
negative correlation
39. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
mapping
conventional level of morality
class inclusion
punishment
40. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
presentation punishment
major stage theorists
long-term memory
pedagogy
41. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
reflectivity
perception
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
control group
42. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
secondary reinforcer
neutral stimuli
withitness
intentionality
43. 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
social comparison
PQ4R method
knowledge construction
observational learning
44. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
massed practice
positive correlation
verbal learning
home-based reinforcement strategies
45. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
psychosocial theory
generativity vs self-absorption
episodic memory
direct instruction
46. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
maintenance
schemes
performance goals
concept
47. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
schedule of reinforcement
summative evaluations
levels-of-processing theory
prejudice reduction
48. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
perception
episodic memory
PQ4R method
49. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
growth needs
egocentric
social learning theory
randomized field experiment
50. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor
deficiency needs
bottom-up processing
outlining
effective use of independent practice time