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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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.
proactive inhibition
unconditioned stimulus
expectancy theory
integrity vs. despiar
2. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
Joplin Plan
nformation-processing theory
Blooms Taxonomy
equity pedagogy
3. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
massed practice
affective objectives
discontinuous theories of development
criterion-related evidence
4. 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.
massed practice
experimental group
pedagogy
means-ends analysis
5. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
discovery learning
control group
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
learning goals
6. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
inferred reality
conservation
nongraded programs
observational learning
7. 5 to 9 pieces of information
readiness training
psychosocial crisis
vicarious learning
working memory capacity
8. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
random assignment
norm-referenced interpretations
home-based reinforcement strategies
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.
associative play
seatwork
affective objectives
external validity
10. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
levels-of-processing theory
reflexes
concrete operational stage
constructivism
11. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
attribution theory
reflectivity
theory
12. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
generativity vs self-absorption
short-term/ working memory
postconventional level of morality
social learning theory
13. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
conventional level of morality
expectancy-valence model
calling order
verbal learning
14. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
intimacy vs. isolation
uncorrelated variables
schemata
levels-of-processing theory
15. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
loci method
lesson clarity
reflectivity
cooperative play
16. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
operant conditioning
action research
distributed practice
reciprocal teaching
17. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
attribution theory
development
inferred reality
sign systems
18. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
sensorimotor stage
removal punishment
consequences
19. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
consequences
compensatory education
serial learning
episodic memory
20. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
object permanence
keyword method
variable-interval schedule.
industry vs. inferiority
21. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
constructivism
wait time
seriation
overlapping
22. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
expectancy theory
content evidence
imagery
punishment
23. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
cooperative play
communicating positive expectations
loci method
retroactive inhibition
24. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
treatment
zone of proximal development
distributed practice
25. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
cognitive learning theories
formal operational stage
note-taking
vicarious learning
26. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
seriation
compensatory education
schedule of reinforcement
paired-associate learning
27. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
presentation punishment
moratorium
rehearsal
primacy effect
28. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
conventional level of morality
achievement motivation
associative play
principle
29. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
criterion-references interpretations
readiness training
assertive discipline
30. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
aptitude-treatment interaction
knowledge construction
compensatory education
31. 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
action research
schemes
aptitude-treatment interaction
32. Perception of and response to different stimuli
discrimination
content integration
keyword method
reflectivity
33. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
cooperative scripting
rote learning
self-concept
meaningful learning
34. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
associative play
self-regulation
rule-example-rule
35. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
prejudice reduction
nformation-processing theory
locus of control
psychosocial theory
36. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
equilibration
extinction burst
advance organizers
norm-referenced interpretations
37. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
sign systems
descriptive research
short-term/ working memory
affective objectives
38. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
equilibration
imagery
performance goals
locus of control
39. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
equilibration
compensatory preschool programs
control group
principle
40. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
QAIT model
parallel play
major stage theorists
attention
41. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
moral dilemmas
growth needs
initiative vs. guilt
instrumental enrichment
42. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
development
bottom-up processing
initial-letter strategies
aptitude-treatment interaction
43. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
intelligence
self-questioning strategies
critical thinking
growth needs
44. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
interference
conservation
object permanence
deficiency needs
45. Continuation (of behavior)
retroactive inhibition
maintenance
locus of control
behavioral learning theories
46. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
identity achievement
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
early intervention program
47. A person's interpretation of stimuli
zone of proximal development
teacher efficacy
compensatory preschool programs
perception
48. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
procedural memory
self-actualization
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
applied behavior analysis
49. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
flashbulb memory
cooperative scripting
self-regulation
communicating positive expectations
50. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
mnemonics
calling order
attribution theory