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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






2. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






3. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






4. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






5. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






7. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






8. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






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






10. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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






12. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






13. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






14. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






15. 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)






16. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






17. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






18. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






19. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






20. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






21. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






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






23. Perception of and response to different stimuli






24. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






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






26. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






27. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






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






29. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






31. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






32. Events that precede behaviors






33. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






34. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






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






36. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






37. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






38. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






39. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






40. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






41. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






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






43. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






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






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






46. 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.






47. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






48. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






49. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






50. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.