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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
levels-of-processing theory
knowledge construction
nformation-processing theory
2. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learned helplessness
learning
proactive facilitation
inert knowledge
3. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
extinction
affective objectives
autonomy vs. doubt
primacy effect
4. 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.
integrity vs. despiar
bottom-up processing
sign systems
heteronomous morality
5. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
seatwork
intelligence
classical conditioning
episodic memory
6. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
cognitive behavior modification
learning
removal punishment
deficiency needs
7. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
paired-associate learning
primary reinforcer
conventional level of morality
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
8. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
postconventional level of morality
nformation-processing theory
integrity vs. despiar
cognitive learning theories
9. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
metacognitive skills
bilingual education
major stage theorists
sensorimotor stage
10. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
bilingual education
self-concept
discovery learning
Skinner box
11. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
transitional bilingual education
direct instruction
levels-of-processing theory
calling order
12. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
prejudice reduction
randomized field experiment
concept
calling order
13. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
initiative vs. guilt
conservation
trust vs. mistrust
dual code theory of memory
14. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
free-recall learning
content integration
descriptive research
wait time
15. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
metacognition
shaping
regrouping
random assignment
16. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
conventional level of morality
removal punishment
large muscle development
summative evaluations
17. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
preconventional level of morality
schemes
readiness training
teacher efficacy
18. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
action research
deficiency needs
keyword method
19. 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
nongraded programs
Blooms Taxonomy
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
rule-example-rule
20. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
behavioral learning theories
foreclosure
intimacy vs. isolation
stimuli
21. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
pegword method
worked examples
imagery
automaticity
22. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
serial learning
perception
conditioned stimulus
generativity vs self-absorption
23. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
summative evaluations
randomized field experiment
nformation-processing theory
self-concept
24. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
criterion-references interpretations
home-based reinforcement strategies
maintenance
reflexes
25. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
paired-associate learning
cooperative scripting
constructivism
assertive discipline
26. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
seatwork
proactive inhibition
Blooms Taxonomy
long-term memory
27. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
proactive facilitation
moratorium
scaffolding
interference
28. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
transitivity
sensory register
affective objectives
critical thinking
29. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
norm-referenced interpretations
achievement motivation
self-esteem
single-case experiment
30. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
nongraded programs
cognitive behavior modification
episodic memory
foreclosure
31. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
metacognitive skills
discovery learning
moratorium
reciprocal teaching
32. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
developmentally appropriate education
schedule of reinforcement
critical thinking
motivation
33. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
removal punishment
choral responses
observational learning
zone of proximal development
34. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
metacognitive skills
presentation punishment
identity diffusion
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
35. 5 to 9 pieces of information
constructivist theories of learning
working memory capacity
metacognitive skills
moral dilemmas
36. 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
vicarious learning
small muscle development
retroactive inhibition
37. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
egocentric
compensatory preschool programs
large muscle development
extinction
38. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
classical conditioning
expectancy-valence model
process-product studies
lesson clarity
39. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
applied behavior analysis
egocentric
generalization
40. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
object permanence
unconditioned stimulus
autonomous morality
psychosocial theory
41. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
vicarious learning
parallel play
self-regulated learners
elaboration
42. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
psychosocial crisis
maintenance
lesson clarity
trust vs. mistrust
43. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
identity diffusion
knowledge construction
autonomous morality
zone of proximal development
44. 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
random assignment
observational learning
small muscle development
principle
45. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
QAIT model
external locus of control
accommodation
cooperative scripting
46. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
autonomy vs. doubt
preoperational stage
verbal learning
rehearsal
47. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
working memory capacity
expectancy theory
achievement motivation
worked examples
48. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
educational psychology
norm-referenced interpretations
nongraded programs
massed practice
49. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
early intervention program
flashbulb memory
learned helplessness
postconventional level of morality
50. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
within-class ability grouping
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
retroactive facilitation
intentionality