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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
social comparison
operant conditioning
maintenance
punishment
2. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
individualized instruction
PQ4R method
social comparison
proactive facilitation
3. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
metacognition
laboratory experiment
Joplin Plan
4. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
critical thinking
multiple intelligences
instrumental enrichment
action research
5. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
regrouping
expectancy-valence model
correlational study
6. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
motivation
identity diffusion
cues
learning goals
7. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
assertive discipline
effective use of independent practice time
sex-role behavior
8. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
enactment
schema theory
external locus of control
9. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
trust vs. mistrust
randomized field experiment
removal punishment
review prerequisites
10. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
instrumental enrichment
primacy effect
intelligence
laboratory experiment
11. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
pedagogy
levels-of-processing theory
concept
home-based reinforcement strategies
12. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
cooperative learning
multiple intelligences
mental set
13. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
short-term/ working memory
postconventional level of morality
schema theory
preconventional level of morality
14. 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.
punishment
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
means-ends analysis
formative evaluation
15. 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.
learning probes
critical thinking
cognitive learning theories
class inclusion
16. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
law
overlapping
semantic memory
experiment
17. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
procedural memory
group contingencies
means-ends analysis
18. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
independent practice
knowledge construction
schema theory
internal validity
19. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
small muscle development
positive correlation
classical conditioning
loci method
20. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
outlining
educational psychology
transfer of learning
unconditioned stimulus
21. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
rule-example-rule
neutral stimuli
negative correlation
nformation-processing theory
22. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
conservation
solitary play
early intervention program
private speech
23. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
intelligence
prejudice reduction
postconventional level of morality
means-ends analysis
24. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
trust vs. mistrust
criterion-references interpretations
verbal learning
identity vs. role confusion
25. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
observational learning
regrouping
discontinuous theories of development
presentation punishment
26. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
regrouping
moratorium
sensorimotor stage
27. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
rehearsal
pedagogy
nongraded programs
mental set
28. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
episodic memory
early intervention program
adaptation
29. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
top-down processing
parts of a direct instruction lesson
QAIT model
effective use of independent practice time
30. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
schemata
single-case experiment
educational psychology
experiment
31. Research + common sense
outlining
learning
effective teaching
expectancy-valence model
32. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
autonomy vs. doubt
formative evaluation
communicating positive expectations
associative play
33. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
mental set
seriation
long-term memory
learning probes
34. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
classical conditioning
extinction burst
intentionality
concrete operational stage
35. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
expectancy theory
preoperational stage
autonomy vs. doubt
sex-role behavior
36. 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
observational learning
free-recall learning
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
content integration
37. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
seatwork
loci method
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
applied behavior analysis
38. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
individualized instruction
semantic memory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
39. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
calling order
process-product studies
rote learning
behavioral learning theories
40. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
serial learning
paired bilingual education
group contingencies
centration
41. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
internal validity
free-recall learning
sensory register
communicating positive expectations
42. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
identity achievement
modeling
effective teaching
recency effect
43. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
transitivity
modeling
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
44. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
rule-example-rule
social learning theory
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
antecedent stimuli
45. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
rote learning
mediated learning
metacognitive skills
flashbulb memory
46. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
associative play
internal validity
small muscle development
generativity vs self-absorption
47. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
learned helplessness
heteronomous morality
rehearsal
aptitude-treatment interaction
48. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
expectancy-valence model
discrimination
metacognition
schedule of reinforcement
49. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
negative correlation
moratorium
reciprocal teaching
means-ends analysis
50. A person's interpretation of stimuli
learning probes
self-questioning strategies
perception
affective objectives