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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
mental set
nformation-processing theory
self-regulation
secondary reinforcer
2. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
reciprocal teaching
knowledge construction
parallel play
keyword method
3. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
equity pedagogy
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
attribution theory
concept
4. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
metacognitive skills
internal validity
cooperative learning
cognitive development
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
growth needs
distributed practice
object permanence
Blooms Taxonomy
6. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
initiative vs. guilt
free-recall learning
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
extinction
7. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
regrouping
wait time
continuous theories of development
between-class ability grouping
8. 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
english immersion
untracking
readiness training
schedule of reinforcement
9. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
deficiency needs
external validity
compensatory education
critical thinking
10. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
Premack Principle
treatment
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
pedagogy
11. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
lesson clarity
identity vs. role confusion
sensorimotor stage
12. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
discontinuous theories of development
social comparison
loci method
schemes
13. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learning
identity diffusion
outlining
small muscle development
14. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
reflectivity
review prerequisites
early intervention program
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
15. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
presentation punishment
proactive facilitation
schema theory
variable
16. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
developmentally appropriate education
free-recall learning
expectancy-valence model
keyword method
17. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
affective objectives
intelligence
behavior-content matrix
antecedent stimuli
18. 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
critical thinking
observational learning
recency effect
class inclusion
19. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
law
single-case experiment
inferred reality
reciprocal teaching
20. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
uncorrelated variables
mapping
mediated learning
schemata
21. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
antecedent stimuli
vicarious learning
negative correlation
affective objectives
22. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
metacognition
transitional bilingual education
self-regulated learners
paired-associate learning
23. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
extinction
consequences
parallel play
growth needs
24. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
loci method
meaningful learning
procedural memory
PQ4R method
25. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
semantic memory
centration
QAIT model
extinction
26. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
group contingencies
theory
random assignment
analogies
27. 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.
preconventional level of morality
heteronomous morality
pedagogy
behavioral learning theories
28. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
bilingual education
mock participation
long-term memory
summative evaluations
29. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
internal validity
reversibility
rehearsal
treatment
30. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
extinction
Skinner box
intentionality
Blooms Taxonomy
31. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formal operational stage
psychosocial crisis
choral responses
action research
32. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
discrimination
keyword method
Joplin Plan
overlapping
33. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
psychosocial crisis
social comparison
correlational study
variable-interval schedule.
34. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
preconventional level of morality
operant conditioning
postconventional level of morality
summarizing
35. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
autonomy vs. doubt
associative play
review prerequisites
heteronomous morality
36. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
equilibration
stimuli
action research
interference
37. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
presentation punishment
private speech
choral responses
positive correlation
38. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
law
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
intentionality
self-regulation
39. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
reflectivity
autonomy vs. doubt
early intervention program
foreclosure
40. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
concept
equity pedagogy
continuous theories of development
summarizing
41. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
trust vs. mistrust
reflexes
zone of proximal development
self-esteem
42. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
experiment
psychosocial theory
single-case experiment
knowledge construction
43. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
concrete operational stage
random assignment
control group
advance organizers
44. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
levels-of-processing theory
attention
schemata
cooperative learning
45. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
maintenance
behavior-content matrix
intelligence quotient (IQ)
communicating positive expectations
46. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
short-term/ working memory
learning goals
action research
laboratory experiment
47. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
meaningful learning
secondary reinforcer
intelligence
intimacy vs. isolation
48. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
expectancy theory
vicarious learning
heteronomous morality
reinforcer
49. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
aptitude-treatment interaction
cognitive apprenticeship
secondary reinforcer
rote learning
50. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
episodic memory
imagery
constructivist theories of learning
neutral stimuli