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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
motivation
wait time
Premack Principle
fixed-interval schedule
2. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
inert knowledge
zone of proximal development
foreclosure
readiness training
3. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
shaping
fixed-interval schedule
solitary play
internal validity
4. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
norm-referenced interpretations
summative evaluations
self-regulated learners
5. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
rule-example-rule
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
norm-referenced interpretations
within-class ability grouping
6. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
achievement motivation
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
cognitive learning theories
enactment
7. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
adaptation
rote learning
bottom-up processing
elaboration
8. Play that occurs alone.
generalization
solitary play
communicating positive expectations
learning probes
9. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
concrete operational stage
early intervention program
communicating positive expectations
mock participation
10. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
short-term/ working memory
constructivism
pedagogy
self-actualization
11. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
assertive discipline
within-class ability grouping
cues
levels-of-processing theory
12. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
nformation-processing theory
centration
distributed practice
paired bilingual education
13. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
performance goals
initial-letter strategies
concrete operational stage
stimuli
14. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
autonomy vs. doubt
teacher efficacy
reflexes
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
15. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
knowledge construction
schema theory
moral dilemmas
advance organizers
16. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
sensorimotor stage
intimacy vs. isolation
recency effect
Skinner box
17. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
Blooms Taxonomy
extinction
cooperative scripting
action research
18. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
variable
behavior-content matrix
self-regulation
overlapping
19. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
PQ4R method
semantic memory
rote learning
psychosocial crisis
20. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
bottom-up processing
episodic memory
early intervention program
consequences
21. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
modeling
egocentric
two-way bilingual education
effective use of independent practice time
22. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
identity diffusion
attribution theory
between-class ability grouping
external locus of control
23. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
industry vs. inferiority
individualized instruction
home-based reinforcement strategies
wait time
24. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
individualized instruction
preoperational stage
industry vs. inferiority
self-regulated learners
25. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
pedagogy
self-regulation
between-class ability grouping
self-regulated learners
26. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
content integration
schemes
moratorium
experiment
27. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
content evidence
paired-associate learning
automaticity
expectancy-valence model
28. 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.
early intervention program
punishment
proactive inhibition
mediated learning
29. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
process-product studies
constructivist theories of learning
procedural memory
single-case experiment
30. A person's interpretation of stimuli
metacognitive skills
perception
variable-interval schedule.
learning
31. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
prosocial behaviors
levels-of-processing theory
behavior-content matrix
postconventional level of morality
32. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
behavioral learning theories
withitness
experiment
developmentally appropriate education
33. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
regrouping
schedule of reinforcement
antecedent stimuli
means-ends analysis
34. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
postconventional level of morality
loci method
distributed practice
outlining
35. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
Premack Principle
small muscle development
classical conditioning
social learning theory
36. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
advance organizers
behavior-content matrix
review prerequisites
mental set
37. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
inferred reality
within-class ability grouping
behavioral learning theories
parts of a direct instruction lesson
38. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
intimacy vs. isolation
serial learning
enactment
self-questioning strategies
39. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
control group
positive correlation
learning probes
summarizing
40. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English
retroactive inhibition
english immersion
cognitive apprenticeship
calling order
41. 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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42. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
extinction
self-questioning strategies
applied behavior analysis
between-class ability grouping
43. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
emergent literacy
proactive facilitation
reversibility
preoperational stage
44. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
early intervention program
recency effect
parts of a direct instruction lesson
generalization
45. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
identity achievement
loci method
content integration
independent practice
46. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
growth needs
theory
learning
self-regulation
47. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
seatwork
achievement motivation
industry vs. inferiority
Blooms Taxonomy
48. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
prosocial behaviors
early intervention program
summarizing
49. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
learning goals
internal validity
principle
intentionality
50. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
regrouping
cognitive apprenticeship
cooperative play
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
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