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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Play that occurs alone.






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






3. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






4. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






5. 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






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






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






8. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






9. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






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






11. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






12. A change in an individual that results from experience.






13. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






14. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






15. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






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






17. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






19. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






20. Events that precede behaviors






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






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






23. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






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






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






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






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






28. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






29. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






31. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






32. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






33. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






34. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






35. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






37. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






38. 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.






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






40. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






41. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






42. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






43. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






44. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






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






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






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






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






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






50. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.