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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






2. 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






3. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






4. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






5. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






6. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






7. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






8. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






9. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






10. 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)






11. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






12. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






13. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






14. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






15. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






16. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






17. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






18. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






19. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






20. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






21. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






22. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






23. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






24. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






25. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






26. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






27. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






28. 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)






29. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






30. Perception of and response to different stimuli






31. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






32. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






33. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






34. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






35. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






36. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






37. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






38. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






39. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






40. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






41. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






42. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






43. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






44. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






45. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






46. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






47. Research + common sense






48. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






49. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






50. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation