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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)
independent practice
postconventional level of morality
withitness
psychosocial theory
2. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
internal validity
metacognition
achievement motivation
withitness
3. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
parts of a direct instruction lesson
transitional bilingual education
discovery learning
metacognitive skills
4. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
identity vs. role confusion
paired bilingual education
teacher efficacy
postconventional level of morality
5. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
PQ4R method
applied behavior analysis
rule-example-rule
primary reinforcer
6. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
intimacy vs. isolation
experiment
class inclusion
principle
7. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
small muscle development
flashbulb memory
foreclosure
positive correlation
8. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
QAIT model
knowledge construction
punishment
principle
9. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
punishment
maintenance
stimuli
shaping
10. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
cooperative scripting
paired bilingual education
inert knowledge
reciprocal teaching
11. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
effective use of independent practice time
serial learning
conservation
flashbulb memory
12. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
centration
effective use of independent practice time
note-taking
13. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
derived scores
withitness
preoperational stage
consequences
14. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
learned helplessness
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
centration
multiple intelligences
15. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
interference
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
formative evaluation
16. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
theory
loci method
automaticity
presentation punishment
17. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
object permanence
review prerequisites
control group
maintenance
18. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
sensorimotor stage
aptitude-treatment interaction
expectancy-valence model
formal operational stage
19. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
initial-letter strategies
schemata
process-product studies
modeling
20. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
massed practice
intentionality
intimacy vs. isolation
modeling
21. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
bilingual education
large muscle development
social learning theory
22. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
identity achievement
conservation
discrimination
self-regulation
23. 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.
egocentric
schema theory
trust vs. mistrust
preconventional level of morality
24. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
class inclusion
intentionality
QAIT model
equity pedagogy
25. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
mnemonics
outlining
teacher efficacy
transitivity
26. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
verbal learning
summative evaluations
group contingencies
generalization
27. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
serial learning
learning
rehearsal
punishment
28. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
imagery
zone of proximal development
cooperative scripting
growth needs
29. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
identity achievement
overlapping
perception
30. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
criterion-related evidence
continuous theories of development
social comparison
unconditioned stimulus
31. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
formal operational stage
levels-of-processing theory
moratorium
removal punishment
32. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
self-esteem
procedural memory
psychosocial theory
criterion-references interpretations
33. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
self-regulated learners
attention
single-case experiment
34. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
postconventional level of morality
private speech
prosocial behaviors
expectancy theory
35. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
nongraded programs
interference
primary reinforcer
norm-referenced interpretations
36. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
egocentric
prosocial behaviors
PQ4R method
wait time
37. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
effective use of independent practice time
deficiency needs
procedural memory
concept
38. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
rule-example-rule
single-case experiment
instrumental enrichment
massed practice
39. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
learning goals
removal punishment
knowledge construction
distributed practice
40. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
presentation punishment
dual code theory of memory
distributed practice
levels-of-processing theory
41. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
regrouping
bilingual education
home-based reinforcement strategies
proactive inhibition
42. 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)
metacognitive skills
equilibration
initiative vs. guilt
review prerequisites
43. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
meaningful learning
experiment
primacy effect
adaptation
44. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
treatment
perception
conservation
prosocial behaviors
45. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
industry vs. inferiority
adaptation
identity achievement
external validity
46. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
emergent literacy
conservation
seriation
generativity vs self-absorption
47. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
keyword method
pedagogy
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
preconventional level of morality
48. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
intelligence quotient (IQ)
schemata
motivation
trust vs. mistrust
49. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
Skinner box
social learning theory
performance goals
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
50. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
achievement motivation
group contingencies
expectancy theory
extinction