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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






2. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






3. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






4. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






5. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






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






7. 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)






8. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






9. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






10. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






11. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






12. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






13. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






14. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






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






16. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






17. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






18. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






19. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






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






21. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






22. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






23. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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






25. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






26. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






27. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






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






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






30. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






31. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






32. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






33. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






34. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






35. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






36. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






38. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






39. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






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






41. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






42. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






43. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






44. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






45. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






46. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






47. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






48. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






49. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






50. 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.