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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






2. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






3. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






4. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






6. 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






7. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






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






9. 5 to 9 pieces of information






10. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






11. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






12. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






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






14. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






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






16. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






17. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






18. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






20. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






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






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






23. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






24. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






25. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






26. Research + common sense






27. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






28. 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)






29. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






30. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






31. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






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






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






34. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






35. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






36. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






37. 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.






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






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






40. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






41. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






43. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






44. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






45. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






47. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






48. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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49. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






50. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.







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