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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






2. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






3. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






4. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






5. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






6. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






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






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






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






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






11. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






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






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






14. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






15. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






16. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






18. 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






19. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






20. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






21. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






23. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






24. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






25. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






26. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






27. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






28. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






29. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






30. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






31. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






32. 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)






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






34. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






35. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






36. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






37. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






38. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






39. 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)






40. Events that precede behaviors






41. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






43. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






44. A change in an individual that results from experience.






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






46. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






47. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






48. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






49. 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.






50. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.







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