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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
self-regulation
principle
emergent literacy
expectancy theory
2. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
classical conditioning
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
removal punishment
punishment
3. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
equilibration
choral responses
conservation
interference
4. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
paired bilingual education
moral dilemmas
loci method
lesson clarity
5. 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
Blooms Taxonomy
direct instruction
psychosocial theory
interference
6. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
law
verbal learning
free-recall learning
7. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
conditioned stimulus
calling order
conservation
assimilation
8. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
sex-role behavior
norm-referenced interpretations
dual code theory of memory
massed practice
9. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
control group
communicating positive expectations
developmentally appropriate education
10. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
free-recall learning
accommodation
conventional level of morality
seatwork
11. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
correlational study
paired-associate learning
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
development
12. 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)
extinction burst
initiative vs. guilt
foreclosure
distributed practice
13. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
cues
stimuli
punishment
random assignment
14. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
self-regulated learners
worked examples
cues
15. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
pedagogy
two-way bilingual education
identity achievement
stimuli
16. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
transitivity
proactive inhibition
applied behavior analysis
trust vs. mistrust
17. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
unconditioned stimulus
uncorrelated variables
advance organizers
self-regulation
18. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
expectancy theory
consequences
procedural memory
achievement motivation
19. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
wait time
applied behavior analysis
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
20. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
cooperative learning
emergent literacy
serial learning
locus of control
21. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
rote learning
derived scores
experiment
22. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
discrimination
dual code theory of memory
mapping
expectancy theory
23. 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.
review prerequisites
scaffolding
verbal learning
unconditioned stimulus
24. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
withitness
direct instruction
descriptive research
short-term/ working memory
25. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
overlapping
formative evaluation
achievement motivation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
26. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
english immersion
overlapping
experiment
preoperational stage
27. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
critical thinking
presentation punishment
random assignment
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
28. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
cognitive behavior modification
motivation
extinction burst
29. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
intentionality
psychosocial theory
self-regulation
continuous theories of development
30. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
self-questioning strategies
meaningful learning
generalization
psychosocial theory
31. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
affective objectives
semantic memory
schemes
mapping
32. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
pegword method
identity vs. role confusion
affective objectives
heteronomous morality
33. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
Skinner box
control group
cognitive development
early intervention program
34. 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.
rote learning
educational psychology
associative play
derived scores
35. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
preconventional level of morality
discovery learning
adaptation
concept
36. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
experiment
reversibility
variable
affective objectives
37. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
observational learning
seriation
flashbulb memory
38. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
prejudice reduction
vicarious learning
assimilation
consequences
39. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
paired-associate learning
nongraded programs
criterion-related evidence
english immersion
40. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
compensatory preschool programs
extinction burst
summative evaluations
untracking
41. Learning of a list of items in any order.
top-down processing
Joplin Plan
free-recall learning
knowledge construction
42. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
identity diffusion
cooperative play
self-regulated learners
43. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
compensatory education
mediated learning
norm-referenced interpretations
Premack Principle
44. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
sensory register
effective use of independent practice time
critical thinking
direct instruction
45. Events that precede behaviors
identity vs. role confusion
antecedent stimuli
wait time
cooperative learning
46. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
initiative vs. guilt
advance organizers
reciprocal teaching
punishment
47. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
cooperative learning
cognitive development
choral responses
expectancy-valence model
48. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
identity diffusion
initial-letter strategies
metacognition
variable
49. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
critical thinking
inferred reality
short-term/ working memory
50. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
Premack Principle
descriptive research
keyword method