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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






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






3. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






4. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






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






6. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






7. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






8. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






9. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






10. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






11. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






12. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






13. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






14. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






15. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






16. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






17. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






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






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






20. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






21. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






22. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






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






24. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






25. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






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






27. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






28. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






29. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






30. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






31. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






32. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






33. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






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






35. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






36. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






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






38. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






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






40. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






41. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






42. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






43. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






44. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






45. 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

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46. 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






47. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






48. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






49. 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.






50. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.







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