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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
removal punishment
self-regulation
compensatory education
review prerequisites
2. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
discovery learning
outlining
mock participation
proactive inhibition
3. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
equilibration
elaboration
retroactive inhibition
norm-referenced interpretations
4. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
experiment
performance goals
fixed-interval schedule
5. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
cognitive development
recency effect
keyword method
self-regulated learners
6. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
transfer of learning
conditioned stimulus
preconventional level of morality
intelligence
7. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
multiple intelligences
cognitive learning theories
conservation
sign systems
8. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
unconditioned stimulus
rule-example-rule
private speech
internal validity
9. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
PQ4R method
positive correlation
cognitive behavior modification
home-based reinforcement strategies
10. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
individualized instruction
autonomous morality
Skinner box
direct instruction
11. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
expectancy theory
cooperative scripting
communicating positive expectations
transfer of learning
12. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
sex-role behavior
unconditioned stimulus
secondary reinforcer
13. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
retroactive facilitation
cognitive apprenticeship
effective use of independent practice time
intelligence quotient (IQ)
14. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
home-based reinforcement strategies
regrouping
inert knowledge
classical conditioning
15. 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)
mock participation
constructivist theories of learning
nongraded programs
independent practice
16. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
pedagogy
industry vs. inferiority
compensatory education
large muscle development
17. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
home-based reinforcement strategies
development
retroactive inhibition
modeling
18. 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.
learning probes
mediated learning
cooperative learning
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
19. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
external validity
communicating positive expectations
bilingual education
psychosocial crisis
20. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
attention
solitary play
independent practice
inferred reality
21. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
vicarious learning
punishment
norm-referenced interpretations
maintenance
22. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
readiness training
stimuli
preoperational stage
enactment
23. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
vicarious learning
extinction
external locus of control
zone of proximal development
24. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
generalization
summarizing
retroactive facilitation
communicating positive expectations
25. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
generativity vs self-absorption
trust vs. mistrust
learned helplessness
content integration
26. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
prejudice reduction
constructivism
between-class ability grouping
reflexes
27. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
parts of a direct instruction lesson
unconditioned stimulus
foreclosure
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
28. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
between-class ability grouping
equity pedagogy
social learning theory
object permanence
29. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
classical conditioning
distributed practice
extinction burst
metacognitive skills
30. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
sensorimotor stage
single-case experiment
discontinuous theories of development
conventional level of morality
31. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
developmentally appropriate education
dual code theory of memory
QAIT model
behavior-content matrix
32. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
modeling
intelligence quotient (IQ)
observational learning
levels-of-processing theory
33. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
cognitive development
transitivity
self-questioning strategies
levels-of-processing theory
34. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
theory
levels-of-processing theory
cognitive behavior modification
35. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
zone of proximal development
QAIT model
private speech
principle
36. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
transfer of learning
transitivity
lesson clarity
wait time
37. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
outlining
random assignment
transfer of learning
associative play
38. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
autonomy vs. doubt
educational psychology
bilingual education
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
39. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
unconditioned stimulus
verbal learning
deficiency needs
adaptation
40. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
perception
trust vs. mistrust
punishment
summative evaluations
41. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learning
schemes
sign systems
paired bilingual education
42. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
constructivism
moral dilemmas
class inclusion
positive correlation
43. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
home-based reinforcement strategies
dual code theory of memory
principle
external validity
44. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
experimental group
extinction burst
keyword method
cognitive apprenticeship
45. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
expectancy theory
operant conditioning
postconventional level of morality
egocentric
46. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
recency effect
top-down processing
intelligence
identity vs. role confusion
47. 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.
group contingencies
cooperative scripting
concrete operational stage
associative play
48. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
summative evaluations
process-product studies
experimental group
observational learning
49. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
self-concept
growth needs
removal punishment
critical thinking
50. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
discovery learning
generalization
english immersion
self-concept