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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






2. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






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






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






5. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






6. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






7. 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.






8. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






9. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






10. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






11. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






12. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






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






14. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






15. 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)






16. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






17. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






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






19. 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






20. 5 to 9 pieces of information






21. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






22. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






23. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






24. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






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






26. 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.






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






28. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






29. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






30. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






32. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






33. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






35. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






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






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






38. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






39. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






41. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






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






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






44. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






45. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






46. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






47. Perception of and response to different stimuli






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






49. 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.






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