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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
adaptation
learned helplessness
verbal learning
self-regulated learners
2. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
critical thinking
free-recall learning
principle
adaptation
3. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
Blooms Taxonomy
learned helplessness
communicating positive expectations
behavioral learning theories
4. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
verbal learning
recency effect
locus of control
consequences
5. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
adaptation
cognitive learning theories
cooperative play
6. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
instrumental enrichment
equity pedagogy
knowledge construction
nformation-processing theory
7. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
emergent literacy
top-down processing
mnemonics
8. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
distributed practice
punishment
criterion-references interpretations
mock participation
9. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
sex-role behavior
rule-example-rule
proactive inhibition
scaffolding
10. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
uncorrelated variables
affective objectives
Premack Principle
short-term/ working memory
11. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
sensory register
primacy effect
equity pedagogy
12. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
experiment
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
attribution theory
cues
13. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
sign systems
readiness training
randomized field experiment
flashbulb memory
14. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
expectancy-valence model
mapping
group contingencies
schemata
15. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
interference
perception
choral responses
autonomous morality
16. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
theory
perception
identity diffusion
calling order
17. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
self-esteem
moratorium
classical conditioning
presentation punishment
18. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
assertive discipline
Skinner box
trust vs. mistrust
zone of proximal development
19. Play that occurs alone.
solitary play
cooperative learning
regrouping
long-term memory
20. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
within-class ability grouping
experimental group
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
continuous theories of development
21. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
calling order
intimacy vs. isolation
worked examples
independent practice
22. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
modeling
generativity vs self-absorption
prosocial behaviors
associative play
23. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
rule-example-rule
cognitive learning theories
accommodation
scaffolding
24. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
primary reinforcer
cognitive development
psychosocial crisis
growth needs
25. Research + common sense
keyword method
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
effective teaching
theory
26. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
experiment
mapping
performance goals
foreclosure
27. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
recency effect
inferred reality
analogies
rote learning
28. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
proactive facilitation
attribution theory
single-case experiment
cognitive behavior modification
29. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
conservation
compensatory preschool programs
small muscle development
mental set
30. Events that precede behaviors
cues
autonomous morality
antecedent stimuli
schema theory
31. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
control group
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
QAIT model
32. 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
experiment
effective use of independent practice time
criterion-references interpretations
performance goals
33. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
development
schema theory
learning goals
summative evaluations
34. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
deficiency needs
direct instruction
psychosocial theory
performance goals
35. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
cognitive development
transitivity
theory
short-term/ working memory
36. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
nformation-processing theory
transitional bilingual education
preoperational stage
mnemonics
37. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
transfer of learning
shaping
rote learning
private speech
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.
process-product studies
content evidence
heteronomous morality
self-esteem
39. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
scaffolding
QAIT model
primacy effect
working memory capacity
40. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
psychosocial theory
adaptation
sign systems
41. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
presentation punishment
egocentric
private speech
within-class ability grouping
42. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schedule of reinforcement
intimacy vs. isolation
preoperational stage
generalization
43. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
critical thinking
internal validity
interference
discovery learning
44. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
parts of a direct instruction lesson
proactive facilitation
criterion-references interpretations
nformation-processing theory
45. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
self-questioning strategies
cognitive behavior modification
extinction
vicarious learning
46. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
consequences
behavior-content matrix
metacognitive skills
PQ4R method
47. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
compensatory preschool programs
learning probes
schema theory
preoperational stage
48. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
semantic memory
episodic memory
control group
retroactive facilitation
49. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
modeling
paired-associate learning
cues
metacognitive skills
50. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
accommodation
applied behavior analysis
cognitive development
mental set