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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
initiative vs. guilt
intentionality
theory
meaningful learning
2. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
criterion-references interpretations
inert knowledge
conditioned stimulus
parts of a direct instruction lesson
3. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
transitional bilingual education
experimental group
calling order
Joplin Plan
4. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
seriation
learned helplessness
industry vs. inferiority
5. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
intentionality
continuous theories of development
primary reinforcer
aptitude-treatment interaction
6. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
nformation-processing theory
constructivism
vicarious learning
classical conditioning
7. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
nongraded programs
transfer of learning
conventional level of morality
sensory register
8. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
concrete operational stage
semantic memory
mental set
independent practice
9. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
experimental group
effective use of independent practice time
experiment
schedule of reinforcement
10. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
postconventional level of morality
aptitude-treatment interaction
cognitive apprenticeship
short-term/ working memory
11. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
schemes
postconventional level of morality
compensatory preschool programs
norm-referenced interpretations
12. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
preconventional level of morality
transitivity
episodic memory
verbal learning
13. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
dual code theory of memory
paired bilingual education
paired-associate learning
outlining
14. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
learning probes
conservation
analogies
secondary reinforcer
15. Play that occurs alone.
individualized instruction
positive correlation
social comparison
solitary play
16. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
behavior-content matrix
communicating positive expectations
emergent literacy
growth needs
17. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
multiple intelligences
paired-associate learning
sex-role behavior
outlining
18. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
developmentally appropriate education
review prerequisites
procedural memory
19. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
PQ4R method
self-concept
action research
semantic memory
20. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
metacognition
performance goals
metacognitive skills
keyword method
21. 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.
independent practice
scaffolding
metacognition
transfer of learning
22. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
attention
aptitude-treatment interaction
external validity
sensory register
23. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
nformation-processing theory
episodic memory
reflectivity
24. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
intimacy vs. isolation
outlining
parts of a direct instruction lesson
maintenance
25. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
preoperational stage
self-actualization
law
motivation
26. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
content integration
fixed-interval schedule
formal operational stage
Premack Principle
27. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
development
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
flashbulb memory
trust vs. mistrust
28. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
private speech
object permanence
prosocial behaviors
correlational study
29. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
discovery learning
english immersion
stimuli
multiple intelligences
30. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus
communicating positive expectations
constructivist theories of learning
punishment
31. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
pedagogy
conventional level of morality
behavioral learning theories
primacy effect
32. 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
retroactive inhibition
schema theory
advance organizers
33. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
scaffolding
fixed-interval schedule
random assignment
34. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
keyword method
equilibration
reflexes
bilingual education
35. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cognitive behavior modification
self-questioning strategies
discovery learning
psychosocial crisis
36. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
retroactive facilitation
keyword method
primary reinforcer
negative correlation
37. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
small muscle development
long-term memory
self-questioning strategies
untracking
38. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
paired bilingual education
verbal learning
self-regulation
advance organizers
39. 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)
meaningful learning
initiative vs. guilt
proactive inhibition
constructivist theories of learning
40. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
performance goals
self-esteem
theory
intentionality
41. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
assertive discipline
action research
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
experiment
42. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
identity achievement
generativity vs self-absorption
self-regulated learners
extinction
43. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
metacognitive skills
inert knowledge
foreclosure
reciprocal teaching
44. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
negative correlation
metacognition
autonomous morality
mediated learning
45. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
sign systems
episodic memory
english immersion
cues
46. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
achievement motivation
autonomy vs. doubt
QAIT model
wait time
47. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
emergent literacy
note-taking
inert knowledge
zone of proximal development
48. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
effective use of independent practice time
intelligence
variable-interval schedule.
content integration
49. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
norm-referenced interpretations
theory
episodic memory
preoperational stage
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
review prerequisites
affective objectives
intelligence quotient (IQ)
variable-ratio (VR) schedule