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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






2. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






3. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






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 The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






5. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






6. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






7. 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






8. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






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






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






11. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






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






13. A person's interpretation of stimuli






14. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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






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






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






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






19. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






20. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






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






22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






23. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






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






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






27. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






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






29. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






30. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






31. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






32. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






33. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






34. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






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






36. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






37. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






38. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






39. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






40. 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






41. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






42. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






43. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






44. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






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






47. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






48. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






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






50. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.