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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Play that occurs alone.
intentionality
knowledge construction
preoperational stage
solitary play
2. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
laboratory experiment
identity diffusion
development
within-class ability grouping
3. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
short-term/ working memory
intelligence quotient (IQ)
retroactive inhibition
reflectivity
4. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
withitness
retroactive inhibition
external locus of control
modeling
5. 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
principle
identity diffusion
untracking
conventional level of morality
6. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
vicarious learning
expectancy-valence model
object permanence
large muscle development
7. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
regrouping
worked examples
preconventional level of morality
untracking
8. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
enactment
compensatory education
development
mental set
9. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
cognitive development
knowledge construction
modeling
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
10. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
self-concept
prejudice reduction
preconventional level of morality
consequences
11. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
growth needs
constructivist theories of learning
QAIT model
rule-example-rule
12. A change in an individual that results from experience.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
learning
semantic memory
13. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
presentation punishment
group contingencies
regrouping
14. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
cognitive learning theories
cooperative scripting
critical thinking
discontinuous theories of development
15. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
action research
independent practice
outlining
transfer of learning
16. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
schedule of reinforcement
small muscle development
nformation-processing theory
constructivism
17. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
sensorimotor stage
adaptation
distributed practice
negative correlation
18. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
locus of control
punishment
private speech
development
19. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
prosocial behaviors
autonomous morality
mental set
trust vs. mistrust
20. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
correlational study
knowledge construction
seatwork
21. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
large muscle development
compensatory preschool programs
initial-letter strategies
elaboration
22. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
assertive discipline
imagery
critical thinking
intelligence quotient (IQ)
23. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
centration
removal punishment
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
experimental group
24. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
retroactive facilitation
heteronomous morality
learning probes
metacognition
25. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
schemes
generalization
psychosocial theory
distributed practice
26. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
primacy effect
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
recency effect
conventional level of morality
27. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
distributed practice
levels-of-processing theory
withitness
generalization
28. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
intelligence
massed practice
identity diffusion
behavioral learning theories
29. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
summative evaluations
stimuli
large muscle development
seatwork
30. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
locus of control
schemata
cognitive behavior modification
shaping
31. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
readiness training
psychosocial crisis
mapping
cooperative play
32. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
social learning theory
law
applied behavior analysis
punishment
33. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
multiple intelligences
expectancy-valence model
sensorimotor stage
adaptation
34. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
pedagogy
foreclosure
mapping
cooperative scripting
35. 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.
secondary reinforcer
scaffolding
affective objectives
presentation punishment
36. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
locus of control
cooperative learning
review prerequisites
primary reinforcer
37. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
rehearsal
transitivity
adaptation
moratorium
38. 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.
egocentric
social comparison
heteronomous morality
initial-letter strategies
39. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
QAIT model
shaping
massed practice
neutral stimuli
40. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
bilingual education
Joplin Plan
transitivity
observational learning
41. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
instrumental enrichment
accommodation
schedule of reinforcement
self-esteem
42. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
conservation
integrity vs. despiar
teacher efficacy
43. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
intimacy vs. isolation
loci method
expectancy theory
criterion-references interpretations
44. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
stimuli
behavior-content matrix
small muscle development
automaticity
45. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
experimental group
proactive facilitation
rote learning
bottom-up processing
46. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
reflectivity
extinction burst
learning
self-regulated learners
47. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
transfer of learning
extinction
rehearsal
identity diffusion
48. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
continuous theories of development
postconventional level of morality
communicating positive expectations
paired-associate learning
49. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
retroactive inhibition
positive correlation
note-taking
compensatory education
50. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
reflectivity
fixed-interval schedule
equilibration
intelligence quotient (IQ)