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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






2. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






3. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






4. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






5. Events that precede behaviors






6. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






7. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






8. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






9. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






10. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






11. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






12. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






13. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






14. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






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






16. 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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17. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






18. 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






19. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






20. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






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






22. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






23. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






24. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






25. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






26. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






27. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






28. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






29. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






30. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






32. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






33. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






34. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






35. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






36. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






38. A person's interpretation of stimuli






39. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






40. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






41. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






42. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






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






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






45. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






46. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






47. 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)






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






49. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






50. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level







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