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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
long-term memory
postconventional level of morality
english immersion
discovery learning
2. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
independent practice
industry vs. inferiority
wait time
criterion-references interpretations
3. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
summarizing
generalization
attention
randomized field experiment
4. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
long-term memory
proactive facilitation
proactive inhibition
educational psychology
5. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
untracking
independent practice
learning
6. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
prejudice reduction
concept
presentation punishment
mental set
7. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
positive correlation
external validity
means-ends analysis
schema theory
8. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
recency effect
vicarious learning
performance goals
integrity vs. despiar
9. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
large muscle development
mock participation
teacher efficacy
fixed-interval schedule
10. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
cooperative scripting
retroactive inhibition
random assignment
loci method
11. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
external locus of control
readiness training
criterion-references interpretations
nformation-processing theory
12. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
conditioned stimulus
constructivist theories of learning
flashbulb memory
heteronomous morality
13. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
operant conditioning
identity vs. role confusion
content integration
calling order
14. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
initiative vs. guilt
developmentally appropriate education
private speech
15. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
discovery learning
flashbulb memory
procedural memory
conservation
16. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
review prerequisites
autonomous morality
flashbulb memory
classical conditioning
17. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
summarizing
educational psychology
theory
schema theory
18. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
expectancy-valence model
accommodation
achievement motivation
paired bilingual education
19. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
psychosocial crisis
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
randomized field experiment
sensorimotor stage
20. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
cognitive learning theories
reflexes
discontinuous theories of development
21. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
content integration
action research
primacy effect
rehearsal
22. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
pedagogy
mapping
Joplin Plan
negative correlation
23. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
verbal learning
reflectivity
review prerequisites
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
24. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
meaningful learning
effective use of independent practice time
aptitude-treatment interaction
multiple intelligences
25. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
punishment
inert knowledge
experiment
unconditioned stimulus
26. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
educational psychology
short-term/ working memory
social learning theory
shaping
27. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
derived scores
law
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
formative evaluation
28. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
serial learning
schedule of reinforcement
conservation
autonomous morality
29. 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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30. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
educational psychology
conventional level of morality
note-taking
31. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
locus of control
choral responses
negative correlation
achievement motivation
32. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summative evaluations
pedagogy
cognitive development
teacher efficacy
33. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
negative correlation
identity vs. role confusion
performance goals
serial learning
34. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
extinction burst
prejudice reduction
levels-of-processing theory
schedule of reinforcement
35. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
internal validity
external validity
major stage theorists
initiative vs. guilt
36. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
action research
moral dilemmas
motivation
37. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
nformation-processing theory
development
cues
compensatory education
38. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
class inclusion
rule-example-rule
control group
inferred reality
39. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
intentionality
psychosocial crisis
wait time
large muscle development
40. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
performance goals
preconventional level of morality
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
discontinuous theories of development
41. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
inferred reality
compensatory preschool programs
generalization
intelligence quotient (IQ)
42. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
assertive discipline
identity achievement
cooperative learning
imagery
43. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
punishment
mnemonics
verbal learning
choral responses
44. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
reflectivity
assimilation
paired bilingual education
retroactive inhibition
45. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
seriation
learning
large muscle development
internal validity
46. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
sex-role behavior
assertive discipline
levels-of-processing theory
two-way bilingual education
47. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
loci method
classical conditioning
experimental group
theory
48. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
Premack Principle
conventional level of morality
identity vs. role confusion
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
49. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
rule-example-rule
single-case experiment
communicating positive expectations
class inclusion
50. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
Joplin Plan
criterion-references interpretations
working memory capacity