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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
expectancy theory
overlapping
accommodation
outlining
2. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
classical conditioning
note-taking
nformation-processing theory
modeling
3. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
mock participation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
cooperative learning
4. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
rehearsal
prejudice reduction
positive correlation
classical conditioning
5. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
trust vs. mistrust
communicating positive expectations
moral dilemmas
modeling
6. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
concrete operational stage
reversibility
heteronomous morality
7. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
Blooms Taxonomy
treatment
operant conditioning
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
8. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
prejudice reduction
derived scores
zone of proximal development
mnemonics
9. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
fixed-interval schedule
maintenance
deficiency needs
expectancy theory
10. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
industry vs. inferiority
treatment
short-term/ working memory
11. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
industry vs. inferiority
episodic memory
initial-letter strategies
12. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
extinction
reinforcer
affective objectives
stimuli
13. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
automaticity
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
major stage theorists
external locus of control
14. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
readiness training
experimental group
intentionality
development
15. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
multiple intelligences
seatwork
experimental group
mock participation
16. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
treatment
trust vs. mistrust
discontinuous theories of development
transitional bilingual education
17. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
schemes
self-questioning strategies
18. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
parallel play
randomized field experiment
transitional bilingual education
automaticity
19. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need
20. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
equity pedagogy
readiness training
self-regulation
removal punishment
21. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
treatment
free-recall learning
schemata
self-regulated learners
22. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
self-regulation
growth needs
uncorrelated variables
enactment
23. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
sensory register
equilibration
operant conditioning
psychosocial crisis
24. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
equilibration
paired bilingual education
equity pedagogy
inferred reality
25. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
secondary reinforcer
interference
reversibility
worked examples
26. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
postconventional level of morality
derived scores
mental set
reinforcer
27. 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.
class inclusion
psychosocial crisis
behavioral learning theories
loci method
28. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
meaningful learning
lesson clarity
criterion-related evidence
schemes
29. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
episodic memory
seatwork
zone of proximal development
30. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
derived scores
sensory register
primary reinforcer
effective use of independent practice time
31. 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.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
rehearsal
applied behavior analysis
scaffolding
32. 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.
recency effect
modeling
mediated learning
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
33. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
removal punishment
cooperative play
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
emergent literacy
34. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
choral responses
expectancy-valence model
cooperative learning
deficiency needs
35. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
presentation punishment
withitness
automaticity
Skinner box
36. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
intentionality
experimental group
within-class ability grouping
mediated learning
37. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
working memory capacity
cognitive behavior modification
autonomous morality
untracking
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.
heteronomous morality
transitional bilingual education
secondary reinforcer
content evidence
39. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
extinction burst
schemata
withitness
self-regulation
40. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
experiment
sign systems
egocentric
compensatory education
41. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
egocentric
content integration
removal punishment
reciprocal teaching
42. 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.
compensatory preschool programs
schema theory
discovery learning
reinforcer
43. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
locus of control
egocentric
formal operational stage
negative correlation
44. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
top-down processing
advance organizers
intentionality
performance goals
45. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
initial-letter strategies
unconditioned stimulus
self-esteem
46. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
prosocial behaviors
episodic memory
treatment
working memory capacity
47. Continuation (of behavior)
accommodation
cognitive learning theories
maintenance
elaboration
48. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
integrity vs. despiar
control group
seatwork
intimacy vs. isolation
49. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
experiment
semantic memory
trust vs. mistrust
derived scores
50. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
worked examples
external locus of control
communicating positive expectations
social comparison