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Educational Psychology Vocab
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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
self-regulation
external locus of control
maintenance
reflectivity
2. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
object permanence
psychosocial theory
affective objectives
summarizing
3. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
derived scores
effective use of independent practice time
treatment
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
4. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
autonomy vs. doubt
zone of proximal development
communicating positive expectations
identity achievement
5. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
worked examples
learning goals
top-down processing
norm-referenced interpretations
6. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
bottom-up processing
QAIT model
rule-example-rule
dual code theory of memory
7. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
discontinuous theories of development
psychosocial theory
experimental group
individualized instruction
8. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
discrimination
flashbulb memory
mental set
9. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
discontinuous theories of development
learning goals
behavioral learning theories
maintenance
10. 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)
constructivist theories of learning
nongraded programs
egocentric
performance goals
11. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
expectancy theory
regrouping
reinforcer
generativity vs self-absorption
12. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
performance goals
self-esteem
self-actualization
teacher efficacy
13. 5 to 9 pieces of information
criterion-references interpretations
working memory capacity
regrouping
initial-letter strategies
14. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
proactive facilitation
flashbulb memory
between-class ability grouping
motivation
15. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
schema theory
object permanence
sign systems
accommodation
16. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
treatment
educational psychology
conservation
assertive discipline
17. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
cognitive development
presentation punishment
autonomous morality
moratorium
18. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
variable
transfer of learning
enactment
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
19. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
concrete operational stage
variable
multiple intelligences
semantic memory
20. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
communicating positive expectations
english immersion
variable
scaffolding
21. 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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22. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
independent practice
large muscle development
parts of a direct instruction lesson
norm-referenced interpretations
23. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
regrouping
large muscle development
stimuli
retroactive inhibition
24. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
sensorimotor stage
learning
Joplin Plan
cooperative play
25. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
prosocial behaviors
schemata
paired-associate learning
proactive facilitation
26. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
industry vs. inferiority
identity diffusion
calling order
distributed practice
27. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
keyword method
conservation
constructivism
derived scores
28. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
proactive inhibition
variable-interval schedule.
cognitive apprenticeship
discovery learning
29. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
mediated learning
proactive inhibition
levels-of-processing theory
self-regulation
30. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
law
industry vs. inferiority
bottom-up processing
dual code theory of memory
31. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
learned helplessness
attribution theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
intimacy vs. isolation
32. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
developmentally appropriate education
moral dilemmas
control group
paired-associate learning
33. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
deficiency needs
neutral stimuli
transitivity
treatment
34. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
parts of a direct instruction lesson
locus of control
initiative vs. guilt
private speech
35. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
reciprocal teaching
rule-example-rule
motivation
Blooms Taxonomy
36. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
positive correlation
interference
keyword method
initial-letter strategies
37. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
procedural memory
principle
reversibility
nformation-processing theory
38. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
correlational study
discovery learning
expectancy theory
foreclosure
39. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
worked examples
large muscle development
seatwork
40. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
stimuli
secondary reinforcer
short-term/ working memory
postconventional level of morality
41. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
keyword method
readiness training
within-class ability grouping
law
42. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
schemata
readiness training
43. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
operant conditioning
expectancy-valence model
proactive inhibition
content integration
44. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
sensory register
concept
preoperational stage
45. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
choral responses
sensory register
operant conditioning
punishment
46. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
industry vs. inferiority
autonomy vs. doubt
psychosocial crisis
maintenance
47. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
external validity
sensory register
deficiency needs
regrouping
48. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
rule-example-rule
short-term/ working memory
proactive inhibition
variable-interval schedule.
49. 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.
associative play
adaptation
massed practice
expectancy-valence model
50. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
single-case experiment
constructivist theories of learning
reciprocal teaching
direct instruction
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