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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
meaningful learning
critical thinking
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
descriptive research
2. Play that occurs alone.
cooperative learning
solitary play
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
experimental group
3. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
developmentally appropriate education
uncorrelated variables
cognitive learning theories
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
4. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
treatment
transitivity
calling order
experiment
5. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
law
integrity vs. despiar
self-concept
readiness training
6. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
negative correlation
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
intelligence quotient (IQ)
classical conditioning
7. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
within-class ability grouping
continuous theories of development
knowledge construction
inert knowledge
8. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
reflectivity
maintenance
observational learning
development
9. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
vicarious learning
equity pedagogy
large muscle development
maintenance
10. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
lesson clarity
enactment
correlational study
early intervention program
11. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
dual code theory of memory
cooperative learning
motivation
consequences
12. 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.
postconventional level of morality
laboratory experiment
stimuli
sensorimotor stage
13. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
accommodation
communicating positive expectations
metacognition
achievement motivation
14. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
single-case experiment
variable-interval schedule.
attention
15. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
bilingual education
verbal learning
preoperational stage
summative evaluations
16. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
loci method
paired-associate learning
reversibility
achievement motivation
17. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
developmentally appropriate education
intimacy vs. isolation
review prerequisites
cognitive apprenticeship
18. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
cognitive learning theories
semantic memory
postconventional level of morality
removal punishment
19. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
flashbulb memory
growth needs
self-esteem
observational learning
20. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
outlining
schema theory
readiness training
21. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
rote learning
identity diffusion
PQ4R method
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
seatwork
rule-example-rule
keyword method
23. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
psychosocial theory
criterion-references interpretations
learning goals
automaticity
24. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
primary reinforcer
cooperative learning
affective objectives
attribution theory
25. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
within-class ability grouping
parallel play
action research
26. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
nformation-processing theory
sex-role behavior
primary reinforcer
presentation punishment
27. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
learned helplessness
critical thinking
schemata
scaffolding
28. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
rehearsal
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
semantic memory
29. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
assimilation
large muscle development
single-case experiment
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
30. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
removal punishment
rote learning
zone of proximal development
correlational study
31. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
identity diffusion
critical thinking
Joplin Plan
mental set
32. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
episodic memory
psychosocial theory
schedule of reinforcement
cooperative learning
33. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
self-actualization
presentation punishment
neutral stimuli
Premack Principle
34. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
sensory register
major stage theorists
within-class ability grouping
generalization
35. Research + common sense
rule-example-rule
postconventional level of morality
effective teaching
constructivism
36. 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)
initiative vs. guilt
rote learning
self-questioning strategies
review prerequisites
37. 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.
aptitude-treatment interaction
mediated learning
emergent literacy
parallel play
38. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
learning goals
principle
identity vs. role confusion
behavioral learning theories
39. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
postconventional level of morality
cooperative learning
nongraded programs
behavioral learning theories
40. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
instrumental enrichment
sensorimotor stage
associative play
review prerequisites
41. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
psychosocial theory
bilingual education
laboratory experiment
correlational study
42. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
self-questioning strategies
generalization
psychosocial theory
cognitive learning theories
43. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
paired-associate learning
locus of control
heteronomous morality
primacy effect
44. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
intelligence
conventional level of morality
conditioned stimulus
schemes
45. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
primary reinforcer
experiment
cognitive behavior modification
social learning theory
46. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
enactment
dual code theory of memory
identity achievement
bilingual education
47. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
associative play
experiment
mnemonics
cooperative play
48. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
content evidence
means-ends analysis
performance goals
preoperational stage
49. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
mental set
seatwork
teacher efficacy
proactive facilitation
50. 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
keyword method
paired bilingual education
derived scores