Terms Used in Educational Psychology

2. skill A learned ability to cause a predetermined movement outcome with maximum certainty. Motor learning is the relatively permanent change in the ability to perform a skill as a result of practice or experience.
6. The activity of obtaining knowledge
7. The study of what is morally right and wrong, or a set of beliefs about what is morally right and wrong
9. The fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people:
10. Who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others:
11. The theory that human or animal behavior is based on conditioning rather than being explained by thoughts and feelings
13. The raising of children and all the responsibilities and activities that are involved in it
14. The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context.
15. The behaviour of a person who hurts or frightens someone smaller or less powerful, often forcing that person to do something they do not want to do

1. The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
3. The action or process of maturing.
4. A theory that learning is an active process and that people gain knowledge and understanding through the combination of experiences and ideas
5. An illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for someone to do the things that other people do
8. The condition of often feeling worried and nervous, often because of a mental illness
12. The ability to remember information, experiences, and people