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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
lesson clarity
identity diffusion
removal punishment
2. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
schema theory
conservation
foreclosure
regrouping
3. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
cognitive behavior modification
QAIT model
independent practice
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
4. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
mental set
developmentally appropriate education
extinction
bilingual education
5. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
punishment
descriptive research
developmentally appropriate education
nongraded programs
6. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
large muscle development
growth needs
zone of proximal development
7. Play that occurs alone.
Joplin Plan
solitary play
cues
reversibility
8. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
proactive inhibition
constructivist theories of learning
intelligence
principle
9. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
expectancy-valence model
conditioned stimulus
summarizing
readiness training
10. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
direct instruction
applied behavior analysis
transitional bilingual education
11. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
verbal learning
external locus of control
stimuli
retroactive inhibition
12. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
equilibration
negative correlation
classical conditioning
initial-letter strategies
13. 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
psychosocial crisis
retroactive facilitation
fixed-interval schedule
14. Perception of and response to different stimuli
integrity vs. despiar
metacognition
discrimination
instrumental enrichment
15. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
seriation
cooperative play
integrity vs. despiar
cooperative learning
16. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
neutral stimuli
interference
locus of control
cues
17. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
centration
external validity
proactive inhibition
principle
18. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
prejudice reduction
paired-associate learning
equity pedagogy
control group
19. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
conditioned stimulus
intelligence
presentation punishment
moratorium
20. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
primacy effect
nongraded programs
self-regulation
outlining
21. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
independent practice
note-taking
growth needs
secondary reinforcer
22. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
class inclusion
teacher efficacy
psychosocial theory
calling order
23. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
metacognitive skills
theory
advance organizers
flashbulb memory
24. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
means-ends analysis
primacy effect
regrouping
preoperational stage
25. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
performance goals
psychosocial theory
conventional level of morality
constructivist theories of learning
26. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
shaping
trust vs. mistrust
norm-referenced interpretations
criterion-related evidence
27. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
egocentric
continuous theories of development
removal punishment
discovery learning
28. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
constructivist theories of learning
rote learning
motivation
independent practice
29. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
identity vs. role confusion
retroactive facilitation
inferred reality
primary reinforcer
30. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
rule-example-rule
early intervention program
outlining
mock participation
31. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
semantic memory
formal operational stage
outlining
32. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
distributed practice
mnemonics
multiple intelligences
paired-associate learning
33. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
unconditioned stimulus
schemes
small muscle development
control group
34. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
between-class ability grouping
behavior-content matrix
private speech
self-regulation
35. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
small muscle development
keyword method
cooperative play
long-term memory
36. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
identity achievement
QAIT model
retroactive facilitation
initiative vs. guilt
37. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
proactive inhibition
continuous theories of development
discovery learning
38. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
instrumental enrichment
early intervention program
review prerequisites
perception
39. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
extinction
mental set
recency effect
internal validity
40. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
mock participation
small muscle development
constructivism
maintenance
41. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
social comparison
equity pedagogy
schemes
Blooms Taxonomy
42. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
deficiency needs
identity vs. role confusion
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
calling order
43. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
untracking
learning goals
action research
analogies
44. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
prosocial behaviors
private speech
initiative vs. guilt
primary reinforcer
45. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
removal punishment
mediated learning
calling order
object permanence
46. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
analogies
intentionality
overlapping
compensatory preschool programs
47. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
uncorrelated variables
egocentric
meaningful learning
48. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
flashbulb memory
sensorimotor stage
stimuli
choral responses
49. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
mediated learning
paired bilingual education
choral responses
multiple intelligences
50. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
neutral stimuli
schemes
distributed practice
theory