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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
emergent literacy
rehearsal
between-class ability grouping
verbal learning
2. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
dual code theory of memory
early intervention program
reflexes
bilingual education
3. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
reflectivity
primary reinforcer
formative evaluation
self-esteem
4. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
intentionality
teacher efficacy
presentation punishment
loci method
5. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
criterion-related evidence
preoperational stage
long-term memory
moral dilemmas
6. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
correlational study
expectancy-valence model
parallel play
massed practice
7. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
summarizing
parts of a direct instruction lesson
sex-role behavior
extinction burst
8. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
primacy effect
self-questioning strategies
extinction burst
instrumental enrichment
9. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
removal punishment
negative correlation
reversibility
schemata
10. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
metacognition
transfer of learning
social learning theory
initial-letter strategies
11. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
self-actualization
negative correlation
prosocial behaviors
theory
12. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
primary reinforcer
top-down processing
paired-associate learning
extinction
13. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
seriation
random assignment
process-product studies
generativity vs self-absorption
14. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
retroactive inhibition
bilingual education
working memory capacity
elaboration
15. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
analogies
object permanence
small muscle development
16. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
retroactive facilitation
verbal learning
learned helplessness
intelligence
17. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
consequences
assertive discipline
locus of control
negative correlation
18. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
early intervention program
means-ends analysis
laboratory experiment
rehearsal
19. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
retroactive inhibition
foreclosure
initial-letter strategies
discrimination
20. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable
locus of control
mock participation
removal punishment
21. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
postconventional level of morality
outlining
assimilation
22. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
dual code theory of memory
single-case experiment
expectancy theory
external locus of control
23. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
schemes
motivation
mapping
uncorrelated variables
24. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
autonomous morality
Joplin Plan
proactive facilitation
variable
25. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
laboratory experiment
distributed practice
adaptation
direct instruction
26. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
proactive facilitation
verbal learning
identity vs. role confusion
27. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
achievement motivation
meaningful learning
independent practice
internal validity
28. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
episodic memory
seriation
major stage theorists
generativity vs self-absorption
29. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
prejudice reduction
reversibility
growth needs
randomized field experiment
30. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
verbal learning
cooperative play
modeling
reinforcer
31. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
meaningful learning
conservation
autonomous morality
operant conditioning
32. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
sex-role behavior
industry vs. inferiority
inferred reality
home-based reinforcement strategies
33. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
expectancy-valence model
discontinuous theories of development
consequences
regrouping
34. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
top-down processing
antecedent stimuli
punishment
self-regulation
35. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
sign systems
major stage theorists
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
private speech
36. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
effective teaching
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
keyword method
content evidence
37. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
experimental group
attribution theory
attention
38. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
effective teaching
correlational study
fixed-interval schedule
social learning theory
39. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
associative play
experiment
generalization
self-esteem
40. 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)
withitness
critical thinking
autonomy vs. doubt
formative evaluation
41. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
seatwork
performance goals
analogies
42. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
self-actualization
distributed practice
Skinner box
secondary reinforcer
43. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
imagery
episodic memory
educational psychology
sensory register
44. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
assertive discipline
social learning theory
english immersion
45. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
moratorium
sign systems
removal punishment
class inclusion
46. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
independent practice
schedule of reinforcement
nongraded programs
advance organizers
47. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
discovery learning
extinction
group contingencies
untracking
48. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
class inclusion
vicarious learning
QAIT model
attribution theory
49. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
consequences
correlational study
cognitive development
50. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
transitional bilingual education
egocentric
schemes
discovery learning