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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)
initiative vs. guilt
egocentric
generalization
centration
2. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
preoperational stage
private speech
equilibration
behavior-content matrix
3. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
massed practice
bilingual education
internal validity
attention
4. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
mental set
positive correlation
constructivist theories of learning
episodic memory
5. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
sign systems
negative correlation
metacognitive skills
massed practice
6. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
learned helplessness
nformation-processing theory
correlational study
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
7. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
punishment
formative evaluation
behavioral learning theories
private speech
8. 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.
assimilation
laboratory experiment
self-concept
trust vs. mistrust
9. 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.
derived scores
constructivism
emergent literacy
applied behavior analysis
10. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
rehearsal
social comparison
massed practice
bottom-up processing
11. 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
effective use of independent practice time
imagery
primary reinforcer
Skinner box
12. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
levels-of-processing theory
early intervention program
generalization
foreclosure
13. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
theory
randomized field experiment
uncorrelated variables
transitional bilingual education
14. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
self-regulated learners
group contingencies
derived scores
15. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
verbal learning
continuous theories of development
cognitive learning theories
Premack Principle
16. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
reflexes
summarizing
primary reinforcer
law
17. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
direct instruction
inferred reality
serial learning
transfer of learning
18. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
knowledge construction
episodic memory
unconditioned stimulus
prosocial behaviors
19. 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
compensatory preschool programs
small muscle development
punishment
20. 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
worked examples
observational learning
perception
antecedent stimuli
21. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
developmentally appropriate education
vicarious learning
PQ4R method
22. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
effective use of independent practice time
self-regulated learners
nformation-processing theory
episodic memory
23. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
cooperative scripting
schemes
keyword method
retroactive inhibition
24. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
experimental group
conservation
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
withitness
25. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
instrumental enrichment
mock participation
intimacy vs. isolation
26. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
Skinner box
expectancy theory
class inclusion
cognitive development
27. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
cooperative play
schema theory
accommodation
short-term/ working memory
28. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
early intervention program
achievement motivation
cognitive learning theories
social learning theory
29. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
negative correlation
interference
cognitive apprenticeship
30. Events that precede behaviors
Skinner box
antecedent stimuli
initiative vs. guilt
psychosocial crisis
31. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
parallel play
cooperative learning
achievement motivation
randomized field experiment
32. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
learned helplessness
procedural memory
advance organizers
sensorimotor stage
33. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
schedule of reinforcement
enactment
inferred reality
individualized instruction
34. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
PQ4R method
conservation
discontinuous theories of development
descriptive research
35. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
modeling
discontinuous theories of development
within-class ability grouping
learning goals
36. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schemata
Joplin Plan
attention
schedule of reinforcement
37. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
norm-referenced interpretations
knowledge construction
home-based reinforcement strategies
generalization
38. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
self-regulation
egocentric
transitivity
paired-associate learning
39. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
postconventional level of morality
secondary reinforcer
sensory register
affective objectives
40. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
maintenance
small muscle development
conditioned stimulus
treatment
41. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
outlining
affective objectives
variable-interval schedule.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
42. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
meaningful learning
retroactive inhibition
learned helplessness
performance goals
43. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learning
trust vs. mistrust
mediated learning
theory
44. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
self-regulated learners
treatment
reversibility
45. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
centration
social comparison
Premack Principle
46. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
single-case experiment
schemata
overlapping
schema theory
47. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
extinction burst
parts of a direct instruction lesson
norm-referenced interpretations
individualized instruction
48. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
summative evaluations
theory
constructivist theories of learning
49. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
two-way bilingual education
top-down processing
Blooms Taxonomy
extinction
50. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
preconventional level of morality
discovery learning
bottom-up processing
formative evaluation