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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
equity pedagogy
retroactive inhibition
behavioral learning theories
2. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
mental set
social learning theory
cognitive development
fixed-interval schedule
3. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
advance organizers
rehearsal
metacognition
4. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
initial-letter strategies
external validity
learning goals
preoperational stage
5. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
consequences
single-case experiment
summative evaluations
schemes
6. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
summarizing
uncorrelated variables
variable
effective use of independent practice time
7. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
paired bilingual education
Skinner box
formal operational stage
industry vs. inferiority
8. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
intelligence
lesson clarity
self-actualization
seatwork
9. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.
means-ends analysis
self-esteem
transfer of learning
paired bilingual education
10. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
rehearsal
conservation
behavioral learning theories
outlining
11. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
scaffolding
sex-role behavior
psychosocial theory
flashbulb memory
12. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
emergent literacy
correlational study
13. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
proactive inhibition
elaboration
negative correlation
14. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
randomized field experiment
psychosocial theory
paired-associate learning
cognitive development
15. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
rule-example-rule
self-esteem
regrouping
autonomy vs. doubt
16. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
working memory capacity
parts of a direct instruction lesson
inert knowledge
learned helplessness
17. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
recency effect
learned helplessness
variable
norm-referenced interpretations
18. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
descriptive research
meaningful learning
prosocial behaviors
dual code theory of memory
19. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
schema theory
behavior-content matrix
randomized field experiment
egocentric
20. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
nformation-processing theory
psychosocial crisis
loci method
worked examples
21. Learning of a list of items in any order.
conventional level of morality
critical thinking
shaping
free-recall learning
22. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
growth needs
descriptive research
dual code theory of memory
variable
23. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
content integration
worked examples
content evidence
seriation
24. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
classical conditioning
reflectivity
reflexes
recency effect
25. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
removal punishment
principle
experiment
imagery
26. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
proactive facilitation
direct instruction
Joplin Plan
choral responses
27. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
transfer of learning
parallel play
adaptation
large muscle development
28. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
moratorium
effective use of independent practice time
conventional level of morality
motivation
29. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
classical conditioning
intentionality
psychosocial crisis
schema theory
30. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
independent practice
cognitive learning theories
formative evaluation
cooperative scripting
31. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
direct instruction
integrity vs. despiar
large muscle development
locus of control
32. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
pegword method
critical thinking
metacognitive skills
deficiency needs
33. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
parts of a direct instruction lesson
antecedent stimuli
preconventional level of morality
34. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
cooperative play
integrity vs. despiar
theory
prejudice reduction
35. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
analogies
untracking
generalization
locus of control
36. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
primary reinforcer
reinforcer
regrouping
antecedent stimuli
37. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
moratorium
pegword method
class inclusion
variable-interval schedule.
38. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
choral responses
mental set
proactive inhibition
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
39. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
QAIT model
operant conditioning
cognitive development
stimuli
40. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
perception
schedule of reinforcement
classical conditioning
attention
41. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
mediated learning
independent practice
verbal learning
42. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
law
levels-of-processing theory
expectancy theory
between-class ability grouping
43. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
primary reinforcer
verbal learning
keyword method
psychosocial crisis
44. 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)
two-way bilingual education
small muscle development
major stage theorists
initiative vs. guilt
45. 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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46. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
equilibration
paired bilingual education
dual code theory of memory
retroactive inhibition
47. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
attribution theory
random assignment
psychosocial theory
48. 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
observational learning
perception
long-term memory
short-term/ working memory
49. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
short-term/ working memory
procedural memory
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
cooperative learning
50. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
single-case experiment
conditioned stimulus
enactment
Premack Principle