HGC Final Exam CH. 7-9 Flashcards by Mattie Clemmons

a branch of psychology concerned with understanding and improving how students acquire a variety of capabilities through formal instruction in classroom settings

Educational Psychology

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Skinner’s behavioral theory

Operant Conditioning

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Theory that says many voluntary responses of animals and humans are strengthened when reinforced and weakened when ignored or punished

Operant Conditioning

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What animals did Skinner first do his research on

Rats/Pigeons

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T/F According to Operant Conditioning, a change in behavior is the only way you can conclude learning has occurred

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What are the Basic Principles of Operant Conditioning? (8)

Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
Time-Out
Extinction
Generalization
Discrimination
Shaping

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Occurs when behavior is strengthened by presenting a positive stimulus after the behavior has occurred

Positive Reinforcement (ex. giving a student a piece of candy for answering a question )

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Occurs when behavior is strengthened by removing a negative stimulus after behavior occurs

Negative Reinforcement (ex. student’s don’t have to take the exam if they get an A in the class)

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Occurs when behavior is weakened by presenting an aversive stimulus right after the behavior

Presentation Punishment (Type 1 Punishment) (ex. paddling a student after he disobeys)

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T/F It is only considered Punishment if the behavior decreases

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Occurs when behavior is weakened by removing a positive stimulus after the behavior occurs

Removal Punishment (Type 2/Time-Out)

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Occurs when a previously reinforced behavior decreases in frequency and eventually ceases altogether because reinforcement is withheld

Extinction

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Occurs when an individual learns to make a particular response in a different situation

Generalization

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Occurs when individuals notice unique aspects of similar situations and distinguish behavior to match differing situations

Discrimination

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Occurs when an extinguished behavior reappears without having been reinforced

Spontaneous Recovery

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Occurs when actions that move progressively closer to the desired behavior are reinforced

Shaping

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Schedule of Reinforcement where reinforcement occurs after regular time intervals

Fixed Interval Schedule (ex. you get a reward every 10 minutes; there is a test every two weeks)

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Schedule of Reinforcement where reinforcement occurs after random time intervals

Variable Interval Schedule (ex. reinforce once after 10 min., once after 20 min.)

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Schedule of Reinforcement where reinforcement occurs after a set number of responses

Fixed Ratio Schedules (ex. giving a reward after 5 correct answers)

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Schedule of Reinforcement where reinforcement occurs after a different number of responses each time

Variable Ratio Schedule (ex. slot machines)

*This is the best one to use

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T/F Operant Conditioning disproves Computer-Based Instruction and Integrated Learning Systems

F, CBI and ILS are considered Educational Applications of Operant Conditioning Principles

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Examples of CBI Programs

Drill and Practice
Tutorial
Problem-Solving Simulations and Games

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the use of operant conditioning techniques to modify behavior

Behavior Modification

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Technique that allows students to engage in desired behavior for a period of time after they complete a set of instructional objectives

Premack Principle

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What are token economies?

A technique involving giving students "tokens" or other purchasing tools that they receive after completing an objective to "buy" objects

A technique used to specify desired behaviors; signed by student and teacher that says student will do _____, and teacher will provide ____

Contingency Contract

Seeks to understand how people acquire new information, how they create and store mental representations of information, how they recall it from memory, and how what they already know guides and determines what and how they will learn

Information Processing Theory

How humans attend to, recognize, transform, store, and retrieve info

Information Processing

T/F In the Info Processing Model, there are limits to how much info can be processed at each stage

T/F Information Processing Theories can be considered a Behaviorist Theory

F, it can be considered a constructivist view of learning because it builds on existing knowledge

The 3 memory stores in the Information processing model

1. Sensory Register 2. Short Term Memory 3. Long Term Memory

Part of the Information Processing Model that determines the quantity and quality of the information the learner stores in and retrieves from memory and where the learner decides how to use that info

Control Processes

The first memory store of the IPM

Sensory Register

Part of the IPM that involves noting key features of a stimulus and relating them to previous info

Recognition

Part of the IPM that is has a large capacity and holds raw sensory data that is encoded in the same way it is received. (1-3 secs)

Sensory Register

Control Processes of the sensory register

Recognition and Attention

Part of the IPM that involves selective focusing on a portion of the info

Attention

Part of the IMP that can hold 7-9 "chunks" of info; includes what you are currently thinking about (20-30 secs)

Short-Term Memory

Control processes of Short Term Memory

Rehearsal (Maintenance and Elaborative)

Involves repeating info over and over again and has no effect on long-term memory storage

Maintenance Rehearsal

Involves relating new info to knowledge already stored in long-term memory

Elaborative Rehearsal

Generating images in your mind of objects, ideas, and actions

Visual Imagery Encoding

IPM that has unlimited capacity, includes schemata, and is permanent

Long-Term Memory

Where we encode, organize, and retrieve info

Short Term Memory

Says concrete material and words are remembered better than abstract words because they are encoded as images and as verbal labels

Dual Coding Theory

Abstract structure of info

Schemata

T/F Forgetting new information learned mostly occurred within 2 weeks of instruction

F, 4 weeks

T/F The more unfamiliar facts in a lesson or prior knowledge, the more likely a student is to forget the info

T/F When students are more active in the info they are learning, they are less likely to forget it

T/F A student who is on her phone and not listening when a teacher is giving announcements and later cannot recall the announcements would be considered to have forgotten the information

F, this would be considered an attention problem rather than a memory/forgetfulness problem

5 reasons for Forgetting

1. Inadequate Consolidation (never really learning the info) 2. Nonmeaningful learning 3. Few opportunities for Retrieval (not enough assessments on info) 4. Interference from Other Material 5. Lack of Retrieval Cues

How we know what we know about our own thought processes

Metacognition (thinking about thinking)

Theorist behind Social Cognitive Theory

Albert Bandura

3 parts of Bandura's Triadic Reciprocal Causation Model

1. Personal Characteristics 2. Behavioral Patterns 3. Environmental Factors

explanation of learning that is based on the premise that neither spontaneous behavior nor reinforcement was necessary for learning to occur; involves IPM and operant conditioning

Social Cognitive Theory

Part of Bandura's Model that includes mental and emotional factors such as goals, anxiety, metacognition, and self-efficacy

Personal Characteristics

Part of Bandura's Model that includes self-observation, self-evaluation, making changes in behavior to overcome or reduce perceptions, and creating productive study environments

Behavioral Patterns

Part of Bandura's Model that includes an individuals's social and physical environment

Environmental Factors

T/F Social Cognitive Theory assumes that environmental forces are the predominant causes of one's behavior

F, it believes that people are the predominant use of their own behavior (operant conditioning assumes behavior is determined by environmental stimuli)

The ability to control one's actions in the absence of external reinforcement or punishment

Self-Control Involves behaving in ways that lead to positive goals and suppressing behaviors that are detrimental when no one is looking

Involves consistent, appropriate application of self-control skills to new situations

Self-Regulation These students set their own performance standards and reinforce themselves (ex. a teacher modifying her lesson to capitalize on student interest and reflects on student behavior during the lesson)

How capable or prepared we believe we are to handle a task

Self-Efficacy

T/F Self-efficacy is equivalent to expected rewards, punishments, or actual skill level

F, self-efficacy is more influential

Factors that affect self-efficacy

Performance Accomplishments (most important**) Verbal Persuasion Emotional Arousal Vicarious Experience

Thoughts, feelings, or actions purposely generated and controlled by a student to maximize learning of knowledge and skills for a given task and a set of conditions

Self-Regulated Learning

A general plan that a learner formulates for achieving a distant academic goal

Learning Strategy

A specific technique a learner uses to accomplish an immediate learning objective

Learning Tactic

2 categories of learning tactics

Memory-Directed (help produce accurate storage/retrieval of info) Comprehension-Directed (aid in understanding the meaning of ideas)

T/F Rehearsal and mnemonic devices are memory directed tactics

T/F Self-questioning, note taking, and concept mapping are memory directed tactics

F, comprehension-directed

Memory-directed tactic that helps a learner transform or organize info to enhance retrievability

Mnemonic Device

T/F Students can easily learn self-regulated learning tactics on their own

F, it is best if teachers model certain tactics and specifically emphasize or teach strategies

T/F Social Cognitive Theory focuses on the relationships among self-efficacy, self-regulation, and achievement

**"Attaching" Info to familiar, physical locations in order to better recall it is what type of mnemonic

Method of loci

*A critical control process that needs to take place during the sensory register stage of the IPM is known as

Selective Attention

*T/F A person's self-efficacy affects IQ scores

*A teacher who praises a student after every 20 minutes is using a ____ schedule of reinforcement

Fixed Interval

*As you read information, you choose an answer you decide is correct by relating it to previously known info. This is known as ____

Recognition

*Students must gain the skills of ______ in order to become independent learners

Self-Regulation

*When having students learn the capitals of all fifty states, this would be the best way to have them learn

Divide states into groups of five and have them study them during 15 minute period over the week

*T/F Info stored in long-term memory influences what we find meaningful

*Why do note taking and reviewing notes improve learning?

They maximize the effects of maintenance rehearse

*T/F The concept of self-efficacy refers to consistently using self-control skills in new situations

F, self-regulation

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