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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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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.






2. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






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






4. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






5. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






6. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






7. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






8. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






9. 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.






10. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






11. 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)






12. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






13. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






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






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






16. 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






17. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






18. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






19. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






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






21. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






23. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






24. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






25. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






26. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






27. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






28. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






29. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






30. Play that occurs alone.






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






32. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






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






34. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






35. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






36. 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.






37. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






38. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






39. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






40. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






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






42. 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.






43. Perception of and response to different stimuli






44. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






45. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






46. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






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






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






49. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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