EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
2 TERMS QUESTIONS &
ANSWER(RATED A+)
Culture - ANSWERThe knowledge, values, attitudes and traditions that guide the
behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their
environment.
Discrimination - ANSWERtreating or acting unfairly towards particular categories of
people
Ethnicity - ANSWERa cultural heritage shared by a group of people
Gender Biases - ANSWERdifferent views of males and females, often favoring one
gender over the other
Gender Identity - ANSWERthe sense of self as male or female as well as the beliefs
on has about gender roles and attributes
Gender Schemas - ANSWEROrganized cognitive structures that include gender-
related information that influences how children think and behave.
Prejudice - ANSWERprejudgement or irrational generalization about an entire
category of people
Race - ANSWERA socially constructed category based on appearances and
ancestry
Resilience - ANSWERThe ability to adapt successfully in spite of difficult
circumstances and threats to development
Resistance culture - ANSWERgroup values and beliefs about refusing to adopt the
behaviors and attitudes of the majority culture.
Sexual Identity - ANSWERA complex combination about gender roles and sexual
orientation
Socioeconomic Status - ANSWERRelative standing in the society based on income,
power, background and prestige.
Stereotype - ANSWERSchema that organizes knowledge or perceptions about a
category
, Sterotype Threat - ANSWERThe extra emotional and cognitive burden that your
performance is an academic situation might confirm a stereotype that others hold
about you.
Tracking - ANSWERassignment to different classes and academic experiences
based on achievement
Aversive - ANSWERirritating or unpleasant
behavioral learning theories - ANSWERexplanations of learning that focus on
external events as the cause of changes in observable behaviors
classical conditioning - ANSWERassociation of automatic responses with new stimuli
conditioned response - ANSWERlearned response to a previously neutral stimulus
self reinforcement - ANSWERcontrolling your own reinforcers
shaping - ANSWERreinforcing each small step of progress toward a desired goal or
behavior
social learning theory - ANSWERtheory that emphasizes learning through
observation of others
Unconditioned response - ANSWERNaturally occurring emotional or physiological
response
unconditioned stimulus - ANSWERStimulus that automatically produces an
emotional or physiological response
conditioned stimulus - ANSWERstimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological
response after conditioning
contiguity - ANSWERassociation of two events because of repeated pairing
continuous reinforcement schedule - ANSWERpresenting a reinforcer after every
appropriate response
cueing - ANSWERproviding a stimulus that "sets up" a desired behavior
Enactive learning - ANSWERlearning by doing and experiencing the consequences
of your actions
extinction - ANSWERthe disappearance of a learned response
intermittent reinforcement schedule - ANSWERpresenting a reinforcer after some but
not all responses
interval schedule - ANSWERlength of time between the reinforcers
2 TERMS QUESTIONS &
ANSWER(RATED A+)
Culture - ANSWERThe knowledge, values, attitudes and traditions that guide the
behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their
environment.
Discrimination - ANSWERtreating or acting unfairly towards particular categories of
people
Ethnicity - ANSWERa cultural heritage shared by a group of people
Gender Biases - ANSWERdifferent views of males and females, often favoring one
gender over the other
Gender Identity - ANSWERthe sense of self as male or female as well as the beliefs
on has about gender roles and attributes
Gender Schemas - ANSWEROrganized cognitive structures that include gender-
related information that influences how children think and behave.
Prejudice - ANSWERprejudgement or irrational generalization about an entire
category of people
Race - ANSWERA socially constructed category based on appearances and
ancestry
Resilience - ANSWERThe ability to adapt successfully in spite of difficult
circumstances and threats to development
Resistance culture - ANSWERgroup values and beliefs about refusing to adopt the
behaviors and attitudes of the majority culture.
Sexual Identity - ANSWERA complex combination about gender roles and sexual
orientation
Socioeconomic Status - ANSWERRelative standing in the society based on income,
power, background and prestige.
Stereotype - ANSWERSchema that organizes knowledge or perceptions about a
category
, Sterotype Threat - ANSWERThe extra emotional and cognitive burden that your
performance is an academic situation might confirm a stereotype that others hold
about you.
Tracking - ANSWERassignment to different classes and academic experiences
based on achievement
Aversive - ANSWERirritating or unpleasant
behavioral learning theories - ANSWERexplanations of learning that focus on
external events as the cause of changes in observable behaviors
classical conditioning - ANSWERassociation of automatic responses with new stimuli
conditioned response - ANSWERlearned response to a previously neutral stimulus
self reinforcement - ANSWERcontrolling your own reinforcers
shaping - ANSWERreinforcing each small step of progress toward a desired goal or
behavior
social learning theory - ANSWERtheory that emphasizes learning through
observation of others
Unconditioned response - ANSWERNaturally occurring emotional or physiological
response
unconditioned stimulus - ANSWERStimulus that automatically produces an
emotional or physiological response
conditioned stimulus - ANSWERstimulus that evokes an emotional or physiological
response after conditioning
contiguity - ANSWERassociation of two events because of repeated pairing
continuous reinforcement schedule - ANSWERpresenting a reinforcer after every
appropriate response
cueing - ANSWERproviding a stimulus that "sets up" a desired behavior
Enactive learning - ANSWERlearning by doing and experiencing the consequences
of your actions
extinction - ANSWERthe disappearance of a learned response
intermittent reinforcement schedule - ANSWERpresenting a reinforcer after some but
not all responses
interval schedule - ANSWERlength of time between the reinforcers
