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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
two-way bilingual education
punishment
Premack Principle
moratorium
2. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
large muscle development
laboratory experiment
dual code theory of memory
equilibration
3. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
reinforcer
transitional bilingual education
Joplin Plan
cooperative play
4. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
expectancy-valence model
prosocial behaviors
learning goals
flashbulb memory
5. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
assimilation
prejudice reduction
parts of a direct instruction lesson
6. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
content integration
equity pedagogy
7. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
readiness training
discontinuous theories of development
random assignment
8. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
learning probes
experimental group
randomized field experiment
mapping
9. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
maintenance
regrouping
conditioned stimulus
Premack Principle
10. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
concrete operational stage
cues
mental set
11. 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
transitivity
experimental group
untracking
random assignment
12. 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.
reflectivity
randomized field experiment
moral dilemmas
mediated learning
13. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
procedural memory
semantic memory
norm-referenced interpretations
instrumental enrichment
14. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
principle
advance organizers
developmentally appropriate education
15. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
postconventional level of morality
wait time
identity achievement
advance organizers
16. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
removal punishment
social learning theory
communicating positive expectations
classical conditioning
17. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
self-regulation
two-way bilingual education
expectancy-valence model
seriation
18. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
nongraded programs
multiple intelligences
self-actualization
growth needs
19. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
major stage theorists
removal punishment
preconventional level of morality
egocentric
20. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
fixed-interval schedule
social comparison
calling order
formative evaluation
21. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
individualized instruction
primacy effect
self-questioning strategies
teacher efficacy
22. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
expectancy theory
seatwork
assertive discipline
postconventional level of morality
23. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
performance goals
means-ends analysis
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
24. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
sex-role behavior
autonomy vs. doubt
Skinner box
effective use of independent practice time
25. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
prejudice reduction
integrity vs. despiar
behavioral learning theories
variable
26. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
two-way bilingual education
episodic memory
unconditioned stimulus
schemata
27. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
consequences
semantic memory
identity vs. role confusion
random assignment
28. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
effective use of independent practice time
emergent literacy
cooperative play
consequences
29. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
achievement motivation
neutral stimuli
cues
large muscle development
30. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
withitness
schemata
adaptation
loci method
31. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
overlapping
cognitive learning theories
learned helplessness
constructivism
32. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
Skinner box
constructivist theories of learning
cooperative scripting
assertive discipline
33. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
experiment
retroactive inhibition
outlining
imagery
34. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
educational psychology
cooperative learning
two-way bilingual education
outlining
35. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
vicarious learning
single-case experiment
episodic memory
36. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
assertive discipline
solitary play
trust vs. mistrust
seriation
37. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
criterion-related evidence
choral responses
levels-of-processing theory
transitional bilingual education
38. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
reinforcer
nformation-processing theory
vicarious learning
major stage theorists
39. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
small muscle development
learned helplessness
imagery
40. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
random assignment
sex-role behavior
foreclosure
lesson clarity
41. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
sex-role behavior
assertive discipline
reversibility
criterion-references interpretations
42. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
summarizing
mental set
sign systems
moral dilemmas
43. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
content integration
moratorium
note-taking
aptitude-treatment interaction
44. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
calling order
small muscle development
primary reinforcer
social comparison
45. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
multiple intelligences
action research
compensatory education
stimuli
46. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
law
schedule of reinforcement
home-based reinforcement strategies
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
47. 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.
cognitive learning theories
scaffolding
expectancy-valence model
growth needs
48. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
elaboration
untracking
cooperative learning
heteronomous morality
49. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
rehearsal
top-down processing
norm-referenced interpretations
moratorium
50. 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
PQ4R method
semantic memory
psychosocial theory
effective use of independent practice time
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