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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






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






6. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






7. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






8. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






9. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






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






11. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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






13. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






14. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






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






16. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






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






19. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






20. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






21. 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)






22. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






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






24. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






25. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






26. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






27. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






28. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






29. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






30. 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.






31. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






32. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






33. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






34. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






35. 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.






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






37. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






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






39. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






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






46. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






47. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






48. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






49. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






50. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation







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