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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






3. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






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






5. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






6. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






7. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






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






14. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






15. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






16. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






17. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






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






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






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






21. Learning of a list of items in any order.






22. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






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






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






25. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






26. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






27. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






28. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






29. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






30. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






31. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






32. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






33. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






34. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






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






36. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






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






38. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






39. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






40. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






41. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






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






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






44. 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)






45. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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46. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






47. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






48. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






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






50. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.