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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






2. Events that precede behaviors






3. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






4. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






5. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






6. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






8. A person's interpretation of stimuli






9. 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






10. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






11. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






12. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






13. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






14. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






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






16. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






17. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






18. 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)






19. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






20. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






21. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






22. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






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






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






25. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






26. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






27. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






28. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






29. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






30. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






31. Learning of a list of items in any order.






32. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






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






35. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






36. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






37. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






38. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






39. Play that occurs alone.






40. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






41. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






42. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






43. 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)






44. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






45. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






46. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






47. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






48. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






49. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






50. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.