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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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
formative evaluation
initiative vs. guilt
procedural memory
2. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
treatment
schedule of reinforcement
between-class ability grouping
levels-of-processing theory
3. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
norm-referenced interpretations
social comparison
cognitive development
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
4. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
pegword method
mapping
nformation-processing theory
sensory register
5. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
egocentric
self-questioning strategies
proactive facilitation
moral dilemmas
6. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
individualized instruction
sex-role behavior
between-class ability grouping
content integration
7. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
imagery
knowledge construction
object permanence
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
8. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
Skinner box
extinction
Joplin Plan
direct instruction
9. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
cooperative play
transitional bilingual education
Blooms Taxonomy
instrumental enrichment
10. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
attention
overlapping
variable
educational psychology
11. 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
untracking
overlapping
keyword method
equilibration
12. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
schemata
affective objectives
schema theory
sensorimotor stage
13. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
bilingual education
inferred reality
deficiency needs
within-class ability grouping
14. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
metacognition
note-taking
15. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
self-actualization
egocentric
generativity vs self-absorption
assertive discipline
16. A person's interpretation of stimuli
perception
intelligence
rehearsal
identity achievement
17. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
cognitive development
elaboration
derived scores
growth needs
18. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
top-down processing
vicarious learning
external validity
19. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
QAIT model
constructivism
control group
serial learning
20. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
cooperative learning
identity vs. role confusion
affective objectives
recency effect
21. 5 to 9 pieces of information
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
working memory capacity
content evidence
procedural memory
22. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
prejudice reduction
psychosocial theory
worked examples
mapping
23. 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)
constructivist theories of learning
reciprocal teaching
multiple intelligences
mental set
24. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
untracking
foreclosure
reciprocal teaching
single-case experiment
25. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
content integration
negative correlation
trust vs. mistrust
recency effect
26. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
control group
assimilation
single-case experiment
discontinuous theories of development
27. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
outlining
reversibility
criterion-references interpretations
28. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
free-recall learning
conditioned stimulus
multiple intelligences
worked examples
29. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
untracking
cues
accommodation
30. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
mental set
imagery
summarizing
generativity vs self-absorption
31. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
learning
two-way bilingual education
verbal learning
critical thinking
32. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
observational learning
experimental group
withitness
individualized instruction
33. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
randomized field experiment
analogies
private speech
primacy effect
34. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
choral responses
equilibration
35. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
massed practice
scaffolding
procedural memory
36. Play that occurs alone.
Skinner box
solitary play
discontinuous theories of development
bilingual education
37. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
correlational study
cognitive behavior modification
direct instruction
removal punishment
38. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
sex-role behavior
behavioral learning theories
sign systems
39. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
teacher efficacy
antecedent stimuli
classical conditioning
intentionality
40. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
postconventional level of morality
norm-referenced interpretations
nformation-processing theory
identity achievement
41. 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.
mock participation
associative play
semantic memory
equity pedagogy
42. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
maintenance
constructivism
social comparison
discrimination
43. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
vicarious learning
small muscle development
modeling
perception
44. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
early intervention program
trust vs. mistrust
solitary play
verbal learning
45. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
equity pedagogy
development
rote learning
intelligence quotient (IQ)
46. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
autonomous morality
presentation punishment
moratorium
learning goals
47. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
identity achievement
continuous theories of development
schemata
learning goals
48. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
foreclosure
learning
semantic memory
equilibration
49. Learning of a list of items in any order.
initial-letter strategies
automaticity
free-recall learning
shaping
50. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
mapping
randomized field experiment
vicarious learning