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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






2. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






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






4. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






6. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






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






8. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






9. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






12. The study of learning and teaching.






13. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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)






16. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






17. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






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






19. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






20. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






21. Learning of a list of items in any order.






22. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






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)






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






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






27. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






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.






29. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






30. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






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






32. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






33. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






34. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






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






36. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






37. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






38. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






39. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






40. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






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






42. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






43. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






44. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






45. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






46. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






48. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






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






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