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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.
mediated learning
psychosocial crisis
achievement motivation
attribution theory
2. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
calling order
primary reinforcer
treatment
trust vs. mistrust
3. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
pegword method
conventional level of morality
summarizing
autonomy vs. doubt
4. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
identity achievement
social learning theory
preconventional level of morality
primary reinforcer
5. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
knowledge construction
nformation-processing theory
classical conditioning
automaticity
6. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
centration
prosocial behaviors
summarizing
primacy effect
7. 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)
fixed-interval schedule
attribution theory
initiative vs. guilt
overlapping
8. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
punishment
advance organizers
descriptive research
sensorimotor stage
9. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
treatment
reversibility
self-regulation
law
10. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
withitness
semantic memory
massed practice
self-regulation
11. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
formal operational stage
discovery learning
concept
unconditioned stimulus
12. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
inert knowledge
reciprocal teaching
autonomy vs. doubt
attention
13. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
extinction burst
mapping
reflectivity
moral dilemmas
14. 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.
learning
seatwork
heteronomous morality
constructivism
15. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
means-ends analysis
derived scores
choral responses
inert knowledge
16. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
moratorium
self-esteem
identity achievement
17. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
pedagogy
continuous theories of development
compensatory education
fixed-interval schedule
18. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
adaptation
industry vs. inferiority
review prerequisites
cooperative learning
19. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
initial-letter strategies
self-regulation
primary reinforcer
consequences
20. The study of learning and teaching.
pegword method
meaningful learning
zone of proximal development
educational psychology
21. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
affective objectives
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
rule-example-rule
autonomous morality
22. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summative evaluations
home-based reinforcement strategies
initial-letter strategies
english immersion
23. Events that precede behaviors
rehearsal
intimacy vs. isolation
antecedent stimuli
positive correlation
24. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
home-based reinforcement strategies
sensorimotor stage
cognitive behavior modification
performance goals
25. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
reversibility
theory
conservation
locus of control
26. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
transitivity
working memory capacity
self-concept
27. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
content evidence
maintenance
continuous theories of development
primary reinforcer
28. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
self-actualization
distributed practice
nongraded programs
autonomy vs. doubt
29. 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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30. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
self-regulation
centration
industry vs. inferiority
31. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
neutral stimuli
reversibility
pedagogy
effective teaching
32. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
parallel play
conventional level of morality
mock participation
two-way bilingual education
33. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
reflexes
proactive inhibition
intentionality
within-class ability grouping
34. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
postconventional level of morality
centration
elaboration
achievement motivation
35. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
assimilation
extinction burst
PQ4R method
36. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
within-class ability grouping
communicating positive expectations
self-regulated learners
review prerequisites
37. 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
generativity vs self-absorption
initiative vs. guilt
observational learning
maintenance
38. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
cooperative play
observational learning
intimacy vs. isolation
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
39. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
self-esteem
cognitive learning theories
continuous theories of development
behavioral learning theories
40. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
conditioned stimulus
identity diffusion
aptitude-treatment interaction
attention
41. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
reflexes
long-term memory
content integration
growth needs
42. 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
wait time
serial learning
mnemonics
effective use of independent practice time
43. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
short-term/ working memory
home-based reinforcement strategies
rehearsal
self-questioning strategies
44. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
social learning theory
heteronomous morality
Blooms Taxonomy
treatment
45. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
perception
parts of a direct instruction lesson
parallel play
46. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
treatment
conservation
metacognition
modeling
47. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
vicarious learning
between-class ability grouping
withitness
major stage theorists
48. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
bottom-up processing
dual code theory of memory
equity pedagogy
levels-of-processing theory
49. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
operant conditioning
initial-letter strategies
heteronomous morality
50. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
advance organizers
egocentric
random assignment
descriptive research