WGU Ed Psych overall terms and theories Specific levels
and details for various theories study guide
12 to 18y eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-peer groups and models- to be one self- to
share onself
18m-3y Eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-parental persons- to hold on - to let go
21st Century Skills Ans✓✓✓-Core subjects, learning and innovation skills,
information, media, and technology skills, and life and career skills.
3 to 6y, eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-basic family- to make- to make like
6 to 12y eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-neighborhood,schools- make things- to make
together.
Ability grouping: Ans✓✓✓-The process of placing students of similiar abilities
into groups and attempting to match instruction to the needs of these groups.
Acceleration Ans✓✓✓-Programs for students who are gifted and talented that
keep the curriculum the same but allow students to move through it more quickly
Acceleration Programs Ans✓✓✓-Rapid promotion through advanced studies for
students who are gifted or talented.
Accommodation Ans✓✓✓-Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.
,Achievement Motivation Ans✓✓✓-The desire to experience success and to
participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities.
Action Research Ans✓✓✓-Research carried out by educators in their own
classrooms or schools.
Adaptation Ans✓✓✓-The process of adjusting schemes in response to the
environment by means of assimilation and accommodation.
Adaptive behavior Ans✓✓✓-A person's ability to perform the functions of
everyday living.
Adaptive Fit Ans✓✓✓-The degree to which a school environment accomodates
the student's needs and the degree to which a student can meet the
requirements of a particular school setting.
Advance organizers Ans✓✓✓-Activities and techniques that orient students to
the material before reading or class presentation.
Analogies Ans✓✓✓-Images, concepts, or narratives that compare new material
to information students already understand.
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Ans✓✓✓-Interaction of individual differences in
learning with particular teaching methods.
Assimilation Ans✓✓✓-Understanding new experiences in terms of existing
schemes.
,Assistive technology Ans✓✓✓-A set of adaptive tools that support students with
disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks.
Assistive Technology Ans✓✓✓-Helps students with physical disabilities such as
hearing loss or deafness, speech disorders, vision impairment, or limited dexterity
as well as learning or cognitive delay that impairs performance of target skills.
Some examples are adaptive keyboards, screen readers, or screen magnifiers.
Atkinson Ans✓✓✓-Expectancy theory of Motivation. Based on belief that one's
effort to achieve depends on one's expectation of reward.
Atkinson-Shiffrin Ans✓✓✓-A model for describing memory in which there are
three distinguishable kinds of memory (sensory, short term, long term) through
which info passes in a sequential way as it is processed.
Attention Ans✓✓✓-Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Ans✓✓✓-A disorder
characterized by difficulties maintaining attention because of a limited ability to
concentrate; includes impulsive actions and hyperactive behavior.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Ans✓✓✓-A learning problem
characterized by difficulties in maintaining attention
Attribution Theory Ans✓✓✓-A theory that focuses on how people explain the
causes of their own successes and failures.
, Autism Ans✓✓✓-A category of disability that significantly affects social
interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and educational performance.
Autism spectrum disorder Ans✓✓✓-A description of a cluster of disorders
characterized by impaired social relationships and skills and often associated with
highly unusual behavior.
Automaticity Ans✓✓✓-A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be
performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
autonomous morality Ans✓✓✓-In Piaget's theory of moral development, the
stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that
punishments are not automatic.
autonomous morality Ans✓✓✓-In Piaget's theory of moral development, the
stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that
punishments are not automatic.
Autonomous Morality Ans✓✓✓-Piaget's Moral Development; Rational moral
attitude, rules are agreed on & flexible. Consequences are given by other people.
Autonomy / doubt Ans✓✓✓-Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Autonomy vs. Doubt Ans✓✓✓-Erikson Stage II(18 mo - 3 yr)
Significant Relationships - parents
Emphasis - to hold on - to let go
and details for various theories study guide
12 to 18y eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-peer groups and models- to be one self- to
share onself
18m-3y Eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-parental persons- to hold on - to let go
21st Century Skills Ans✓✓✓-Core subjects, learning and innovation skills,
information, media, and technology skills, and life and career skills.
3 to 6y, eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-basic family- to make- to make like
6 to 12y eriksons stages Ans✓✓✓-neighborhood,schools- make things- to make
together.
Ability grouping: Ans✓✓✓-The process of placing students of similiar abilities
into groups and attempting to match instruction to the needs of these groups.
Acceleration Ans✓✓✓-Programs for students who are gifted and talented that
keep the curriculum the same but allow students to move through it more quickly
Acceleration Programs Ans✓✓✓-Rapid promotion through advanced studies for
students who are gifted or talented.
Accommodation Ans✓✓✓-Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.
,Achievement Motivation Ans✓✓✓-The desire to experience success and to
participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities.
Action Research Ans✓✓✓-Research carried out by educators in their own
classrooms or schools.
Adaptation Ans✓✓✓-The process of adjusting schemes in response to the
environment by means of assimilation and accommodation.
Adaptive behavior Ans✓✓✓-A person's ability to perform the functions of
everyday living.
Adaptive Fit Ans✓✓✓-The degree to which a school environment accomodates
the student's needs and the degree to which a student can meet the
requirements of a particular school setting.
Advance organizers Ans✓✓✓-Activities and techniques that orient students to
the material before reading or class presentation.
Analogies Ans✓✓✓-Images, concepts, or narratives that compare new material
to information students already understand.
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Ans✓✓✓-Interaction of individual differences in
learning with particular teaching methods.
Assimilation Ans✓✓✓-Understanding new experiences in terms of existing
schemes.
,Assistive technology Ans✓✓✓-A set of adaptive tools that support students with
disabilities in learning activities and daily life tasks.
Assistive Technology Ans✓✓✓-Helps students with physical disabilities such as
hearing loss or deafness, speech disorders, vision impairment, or limited dexterity
as well as learning or cognitive delay that impairs performance of target skills.
Some examples are adaptive keyboards, screen readers, or screen magnifiers.
Atkinson Ans✓✓✓-Expectancy theory of Motivation. Based on belief that one's
effort to achieve depends on one's expectation of reward.
Atkinson-Shiffrin Ans✓✓✓-A model for describing memory in which there are
three distinguishable kinds of memory (sensory, short term, long term) through
which info passes in a sequential way as it is processed.
Attention Ans✓✓✓-Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Ans✓✓✓-A disorder
characterized by difficulties maintaining attention because of a limited ability to
concentrate; includes impulsive actions and hyperactive behavior.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Ans✓✓✓-A learning problem
characterized by difficulties in maintaining attention
Attribution Theory Ans✓✓✓-A theory that focuses on how people explain the
causes of their own successes and failures.
, Autism Ans✓✓✓-A category of disability that significantly affects social
interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and educational performance.
Autism spectrum disorder Ans✓✓✓-A description of a cluster of disorders
characterized by impaired social relationships and skills and often associated with
highly unusual behavior.
Automaticity Ans✓✓✓-A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be
performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
autonomous morality Ans✓✓✓-In Piaget's theory of moral development, the
stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that
punishments are not automatic.
autonomous morality Ans✓✓✓-In Piaget's theory of moral development, the
stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that
punishments are not automatic.
Autonomous Morality Ans✓✓✓-Piaget's Moral Development; Rational moral
attitude, rules are agreed on & flexible. Consequences are given by other people.
Autonomy / doubt Ans✓✓✓-Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Autonomy vs. Doubt Ans✓✓✓-Erikson Stage II(18 mo - 3 yr)
Significant Relationships - parents
Emphasis - to hold on - to let go
