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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Events that precede behaviors






2. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






3. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






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






5. 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)






6. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






7. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






8. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






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






10. 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.






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






12. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






13. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






19. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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






21. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






23. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






24. 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






25. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






26. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






27. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






28. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






29. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






30. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






31. 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






32. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






33. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






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






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






36. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






38. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






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






40. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






41. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






42. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






43. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






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






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






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






47. The study of learning and teaching.






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






49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






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