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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
nformation-processing theory
criterion-references interpretations
aptitude-treatment interaction
metacognitive skills
2. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
learned helplessness
industry vs. inferiority
working memory capacity
formative evaluation
3. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
moratorium
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
rehearsal
4. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
bilingual education
wait time
note-taking
sex-role behavior
5. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
between-class ability grouping
motivation
extinction
primary reinforcer
6. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
postconventional level of morality
independent practice
continuous theories of development
extinction
7. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
cooperative scripting
criterion-references interpretations
advance organizers
sensorimotor stage
8. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
social comparison
cognitive learning theories
applied behavior analysis
9. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
learning
note-taking
seatwork
cues
10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
reflexes
verbal learning
Skinner box
shaping
11. 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
observational learning
locus of control
cognitive apprenticeship
interference
12. The study of learning and teaching.
mediated learning
meaningful learning
educational psychology
principle
13. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
scaffolding
expectancy theory
self-regulated learners
moratorium
14. 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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15. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
consequences
identity achievement
reflectivity
cognitive behavior modification
16. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
sensorimotor stage
norm-referenced interpretations
rote learning
discrimination
17. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
english immersion
deficiency needs
development
perception
18. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
scaffolding
individualized instruction
locus of control
random assignment
19. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
note-taking
reversibility
formative evaluation
20. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
elaboration
schemes
schedule of reinforcement
variable-interval schedule.
21. Learning of a list of items in any order.
removal punishment
content integration
free-recall learning
treatment
22. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
large muscle development
cognitive behavior modification
stimuli
growth needs
23. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
regrouping
generativity vs self-absorption
single-case experiment
group contingencies
24. 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)
primacy effect
initiative vs. guilt
scaffolding
verbal learning
25. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
schemes
initiative vs. guilt
uncorrelated variables
26. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
discontinuous theories of development
schema theory
social comparison
27. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
analogies
metacognitive skills
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
parts of a direct instruction lesson
28. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
primary reinforcer
trust vs. mistrust
randomized field experiment
single-case experiment
29. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
randomized field experiment
Blooms Taxonomy
long-term memory
learning
30. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
cognitive behavior modification
social comparison
centration
growth needs
31. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
expectancy theory
antecedent stimuli
cooperative scripting
intelligence quotient (IQ)
32. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
review prerequisites
trust vs. mistrust
large muscle development
33. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
positive correlation
initiative vs. guilt
effective teaching
parallel play
34. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
instrumental enrichment
self-concept
levels-of-processing theory
procedural memory
35. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
centration
long-term memory
parallel play
equity pedagogy
36. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
primary reinforcer
schemata
loci method
massed practice
37. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
automaticity
inferred reality
single-case experiment
discovery learning
38. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
analogies
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
between-class ability grouping
Skinner box
39. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
locus of control
pedagogy
seriation
experimental group
40. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
moral dilemmas
individualized instruction
derived scores
correlational study
41. 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
cognitive development
working memory capacity
free-recall learning
untracking
42. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
treatment
psychosocial crisis
transitivity
group contingencies
43. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
uncorrelated variables
worked examples
self-regulation
44. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
schemes
Premack Principle
neutral stimuli
intimacy vs. isolation
45. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
constructivism
classical conditioning
levels-of-processing theory
two-way bilingual education
46. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
interference
operant conditioning
identity diffusion
stimuli
47. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
treatment
learning probes
single-case experiment
direct instruction
48. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
heteronomous morality
discontinuous theories of development
conditioned stimulus
cognitive development
49. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor
process-product studies
effective use of independent practice time
equity pedagogy
primary reinforcer
50. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
development
trust vs. mistrust
foreclosure
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule