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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
intentionality
retroactive facilitation
development
stimuli
2. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summative evaluations
preoperational stage
constructivism
operant conditioning
3. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
inert knowledge
assimilation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
learned helplessness
4. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
deficiency needs
stimuli
critical thinking
external validity
5. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
internal validity
trust vs. mistrust
norm-referenced interpretations
identity vs. role confusion
6. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
conventional level of morality
individualized instruction
parts of a direct instruction lesson
cooperative learning
7. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
direct instruction
learning goals
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
integrity vs. despiar
8. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
top-down processing
pegword method
behavior-content matrix
deficiency needs
9. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
aptitude-treatment interaction
experimental group
industry vs. inferiority
10. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
zone of proximal development
multiple intelligences
elaboration
deficiency needs
11. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
foreclosure
concrete operational stage
QAIT model
reflexes
12. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
multiple intelligences
behavioral learning theories
developmentally appropriate education
psychosocial theory
13. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
effective teaching
concept
attribution theory
motivation
14. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
compensatory preschool programs
PQ4R method
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
antecedent stimuli
15. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
schemata
postconventional level of morality
continuous theories of development
reflectivity
16. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
correlational study
criterion-references interpretations
expectancy theory
extinction burst
17. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
adaptation
cooperative play
discontinuous theories of development
stimuli
18. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
interference
neutral stimuli
heteronomous morality
19. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
assertive discipline
large muscle development
schemes
performance goals
20. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
intentionality
single-case experiment
between-class ability grouping
industry vs. inferiority
21. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
moral dilemmas
internal validity
developmentally appropriate education
transfer of learning
22. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
loci method
knowledge construction
initial-letter strategies
learning goals
23. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
centration
positive correlation
control group
object permanence
24. 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.
heteronomous morality
semantic memory
theory
law
25. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
external locus of control
reversibility
preconventional level of morality
between-class ability grouping
26. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
criterion-related evidence
perception
home-based reinforcement strategies
27. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
experimental group
bilingual education
discontinuous theories of development
cognitive apprenticeship
28. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
inferred reality
variable
metacognitive skills
PQ4R method
29. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
mapping
reflectivity
centration
working memory capacity
30. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
preoperational stage
identity diffusion
assimilation
enactment
31. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
communicating positive expectations
laboratory experiment
discrimination
cognitive apprenticeship
32. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
experiment
continuous theories of development
generativity vs self-absorption
affective objectives
33. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
motivation
adaptation
reflexes
34. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
major stage theorists
trust vs. mistrust
removal punishment
35. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
emergent literacy
rule-example-rule
conventional level of morality
untracking
36. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
mediated learning
object permanence
cooperative scripting
worked examples
37. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
wait time
recency effect
pedagogy
mediated learning
38. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
metacognition
major stage theorists
reflectivity
modeling
39. 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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40. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
compensatory preschool programs
wait time
trust vs. mistrust
control group
41. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
learning
QAIT model
constructivism
prejudice reduction
42. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
scaffolding
top-down processing
cognitive development
43. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
discontinuous theories of development
metacognitive skills
vicarious learning
treatment
44. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
consequences
mapping
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
constructivist theories of learning
45. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.
associative play
criterion-related evidence
maintenance
proactive facilitation
46. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
paired bilingual education
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
rule-example-rule
Premack Principle
47. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
correlational study
inferred reality
summarizing
law
48. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
proactive facilitation
self-regulation
inferred reality
49. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
sensorimotor stage
initiative vs. guilt
prosocial behaviors
50. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
prejudice reduction
pegword method
schemes
maintenance