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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
imagery
meaningful learning
flashbulb memory
constructivist theories of learning
2. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
imagery
prejudice reduction
pedagogy
criterion-references interpretations
3. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
group contingencies
self-regulation
Skinner box
wait time
4. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
constructivist theories of learning
untracking
withitness
Skinner box
5. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
perception
schemes
sensorimotor stage
accommodation
6. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
action research
affective objectives
heteronomous morality
self-questioning strategies
7. 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.
scaffolding
preconventional level of morality
concept
inert knowledge
8. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
bottom-up processing
rule-example-rule
identity vs. role confusion
choral responses
9. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
postconventional level of morality
self-actualization
sensorimotor stage
10. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
communicating positive expectations
early intervention program
treatment
social comparison
11. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
english immersion
assertive discipline
withitness
rehearsal
12. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
uncorrelated variables
review prerequisites
elaboration
discontinuous theories of development
13. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
initiative vs. guilt
theory
presentation punishment
random assignment
14. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
cognitive learning theories
loci method
control group
presentation punishment
15. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
presentation punishment
operant conditioning
secondary reinforcer
mediated learning
16. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
self-esteem
sex-role behavior
extinction burst
assertive discipline
17. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
moral dilemmas
enactment
transitivity
transfer of learning
18. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
expectancy-valence model
bottom-up processing
short-term/ working memory
initial-letter strategies
19. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
untracking
identity vs. role confusion
overlapping
means-ends analysis
20. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
randomized field experiment
cognitive learning theories
cooperative learning
achievement motivation
21. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
neutral stimuli
review prerequisites
modeling
retroactive facilitation
22. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
note-taking
cognitive development
discovery learning
analogies
23. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
mock participation
knowledge construction
solitary play
overlapping
24. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
attribution theory
identity diffusion
intentionality
25. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
attention
autonomy vs. doubt
proactive inhibition
schemata
26. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
sensory register
integrity vs. despiar
criterion-related evidence
recency effect
27. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
solitary play
sensorimotor stage
home-based reinforcement strategies
28. Perception of and response to different stimuli
parallel play
discrimination
critical thinking
paired bilingual education
29. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
top-down processing
extinction burst
attribution theory
automaticity
30. 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
transitional bilingual education
effective use of independent practice time
randomized field experiment
self-concept
31. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
summative evaluations
outlining
internal validity
cooperative play
32. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
control group
scaffolding
compensatory education
QAIT model
33. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
content evidence
neutral stimuli
cognitive development
continuous theories of development
34. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
accommodation
experimental group
growth needs
PQ4R method
35. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
individualized instruction
learning probes
cues
accommodation
36. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
law
accommodation
aptitude-treatment interaction
norm-referenced interpretations
37. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
developmentally appropriate education
external validity
discontinuous theories of development
trust vs. mistrust
38. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
psychosocial crisis
cooperative scripting
major stage theorists
sign systems
39. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
developmentally appropriate education
treatment
primacy effect
initiative vs. guilt
40. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
internal validity
integrity vs. despiar
attribution theory
imagery
41. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
bottom-up processing
variable
metacognitive skills
equity pedagogy
42. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
Skinner box
cognitive behavior modification
uncorrelated variables
proactive facilitation
43. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
preconventional level of morality
constructivism
foreclosure
learned helplessness
44. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
primary reinforcer
conservation
classical conditioning
sign systems
45. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
long-term memory
major stage theorists
proactive facilitation
compensatory education
46. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
educational psychology
paired-associate learning
between-class ability grouping
content integration
47. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
conservation
keyword method
long-term memory
48. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
transfer of learning
mnemonics
cognitive development
reinforcer
49. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
recency effect
control group
reflexes
external locus of control
50. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
interference
regrouping
schemes
private speech