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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
cues
maintenance
vicarious learning
sign systems
2. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
paired bilingual education
recency effect
social comparison
sex-role behavior
3. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
schedule of reinforcement
levels-of-processing theory
compensatory education
class inclusion
4. 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)
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
schedule of reinforcement
rule-example-rule
constructivist theories of learning
5. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
operant conditioning
mock participation
identity achievement
6. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
individualized instruction
top-down processing
attribution theory
affective objectives
7. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
content evidence
note-taking
laboratory experiment
8. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
descriptive research
levels-of-processing theory
psychosocial theory
reflexes
9. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
inferred reality
advance organizers
autonomy vs. doubt
single-case experiment
10. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
short-term/ working memory
discovery learning
reversibility
random assignment
11. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
paired bilingual education
learning
equilibration
variable-interval schedule.
12. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
foreclosure
identity diffusion
generativity vs self-absorption
13. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
reciprocal teaching
attention
conditioned stimulus
paired-associate learning
14. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
cognitive development
free-recall learning
procedural memory
schemes
15. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
lesson clarity
constructivism
knowledge construction
generativity vs self-absorption
16. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.
developmentally appropriate education
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
negative correlation
laboratory experiment
17. A person's interpretation of stimuli
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
reflexes
shaping
perception
18. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
direct instruction
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
correlational study
fixed-interval schedule
19. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
schemata
cooperative scripting
conservation
correlational study
20. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
variable
self-regulation
metacognition
21. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
procedural memory
cooperative play
centration
equity pedagogy
22. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
consequences
retroactive inhibition
english immersion
attention
23. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
top-down processing
early intervention program
criterion-related evidence
learning
24. The study of learning and teaching.
large muscle development
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
educational psychology
effective use of independent practice time
25. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
inert knowledge
pedagogy
effective teaching
punishment
26. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
educational psychology
intentionality
control group
foreclosure
27. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
growth needs
aptitude-treatment interaction
equilibration
28. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
mock participation
conditioned stimulus
readiness training
29. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
outlining
expectancy theory
mock participation
foreclosure
30. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
psychosocial crisis
integrity vs. despiar
working memory capacity
discontinuous theories of development
31. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
identity achievement
pegword method
free-recall learning
short-term/ working memory
32. Perception of and response to different stimuli
attribution theory
preconventional level of morality
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
discrimination
33. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
overlapping
identity vs. role confusion
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
loci method
34. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
affective objectives
bottom-up processing
schemata
QAIT model
35. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
behavioral learning theories
rule-example-rule
analogies
consequences
36. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
postconventional level of morality
self-concept
summarizing
centration
37. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
adaptation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
rehearsal
learning goals
38. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
lesson clarity
effective use of independent practice time
imagery
self-regulation
39. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
metacognition
group contingencies
constructivist theories of learning
overlapping
40. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
distributed practice
PQ4R method
cognitive learning theories
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
41. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
assimilation
content evidence
choral responses
negative correlation
42. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
applied behavior analysis
emergent literacy
random assignment
43. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
independent practice
recency effect
metacognition
zone of proximal development
44. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
direct instruction
centration
massed practice
reflexes
45. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
calling order
accommodation
affective objectives
46. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
automaticity
unconditioned stimulus
self-regulation
pedagogy
47. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
paired-associate learning
attention
intelligence
social learning theory
48. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
correlational study
affective objectives
self-questioning strategies
single-case experiment
49. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
retroactive inhibition
long-term memory
Blooms Taxonomy
50. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
analogies
stimuli
equity pedagogy