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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
proactive inhibition
Joplin Plan
neutral stimuli
discontinuous theories of development
2. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
Skinner box
concept
cognitive apprenticeship
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
3. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
communicating positive expectations
self-questioning strategies
calling order
english immersion
4. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
correlational study
review prerequisites
consequences
norm-referenced interpretations
5. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
retroactive facilitation
formative evaluation
rehearsal
review prerequisites
6. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schedule of reinforcement
reciprocal teaching
descriptive research
moratorium
7. A change in an individual that results from experience.
integrity vs. despiar
mental set
internal validity
learning
8. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
seatwork
rule-example-rule
rote learning
metacognitive skills
9. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
interference
psychosocial theory
pegword method
choral responses
10. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
continuous theories of development
retroactive inhibition
self-actualization
perception
11. Research + common sense
effective teaching
consequences
punishment
episodic memory
12. Perception of and response to different stimuli
effective use of independent practice time
untracking
self-regulation
discrimination
13. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
heteronomous morality
cooperative play
derived scores
randomized field experiment
14. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
external locus of control
serial learning
expectancy-valence model
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
15. 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.
retroactive facilitation
emergent literacy
variable
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
16. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
imagery
equity pedagogy
parts of a direct instruction lesson
mock participation
17. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
criterion-related evidence
semantic memory
learning goals
private speech
18. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
criterion-related evidence
social comparison
teacher efficacy
wait time
19. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
intelligence
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
growth needs
theory
20. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
inferred reality
integrity vs. despiar
seriation
mediated learning
21. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
prejudice reduction
experiment
expectancy theory
22. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
verbal learning
metacognition
intimacy vs. isolation
educational psychology
23. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
inferred reality
modeling
effective teaching
criterion-related evidence
24. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
constructivism
principle
scaffolding
psychosocial crisis
25. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
law
autonomy vs. doubt
generativity vs self-absorption
26. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
content integration
autonomy vs. doubt
early intervention program
educational psychology
27. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
experimental group
removal punishment
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
self-esteem
28. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
proactive inhibition
process-product studies
withitness
individualized instruction
29. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
conditioned stimulus
moral dilemmas
cognitive learning theories
teacher efficacy
30. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
bilingual education
Premack Principle
positive correlation
removal punishment
31. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
constructivist theories of learning
preoperational stage
identity achievement
32. 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)
classical conditioning
within-class ability grouping
concrete operational stage
knowledge construction
33. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
preoperational stage
seatwork
self-regulated learners
advance organizers
34. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
levels-of-processing theory
cooperative learning
random assignment
35. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
reversibility
reciprocal teaching
correlational study
industry vs. inferiority
36. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
working memory capacity
direct instruction
automaticity
seriation
37. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
antecedent stimuli
punishment
identity diffusion
adaptation
38. Learning of a list of items in any order.
free-recall learning
learning goals
formative evaluation
self-regulated learners
39. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
cognitive learning theories
elaboration
concrete operational stage
single-case experiment
40. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
experimental group
integrity vs. despiar
seriation
41. 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
Skinner box
untracking
consequences
levels-of-processing theory
42. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rote learning
trust vs. mistrust
behavior-content matrix
intentionality
43. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
psychosocial theory
expectancy-valence model
egocentric
44. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
meaningful learning
interference
free-recall learning
egocentric
45. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
keyword method
learning probes
zone of proximal development
performance goals
46. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
law
preconventional level of morality
self-concept
educational psychology
47. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
secondary reinforcer
conventional level of morality
process-product studies
initiative vs. guilt
48. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
rule-example-rule
semantic memory
growth needs
extinction
49. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
correlational study
identity achievement
concept
psychosocial theory
50. 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)
criterion-references interpretations
constructivist theories of learning
fixed-interval schedule
free-recall learning