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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






2. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






3. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






4. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






5. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






6. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






7. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






8. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






9. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






10. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






11. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






12. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






13. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






15. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






16. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






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






18. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






19. 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


20. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






21. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






22. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






23. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






24. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






25. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






26. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






27. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






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






29. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






30. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






31. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






32. 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.






33. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






34. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






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






36. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






37. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






38. 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.






39. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






40. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






41. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






42. 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.






43. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






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






45. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






46. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






47. Continuation (of behavior)






48. 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.






49. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






50. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure