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Piaget believed that if children work together to establish common rules, they will have a greater sense of moral obligation to others and a stronger moral foundation.

For example, with a 14 letter group such as XIBMSATMTVPHDX, you would have a much easier time remembering X, IBM, SAT, MTV, PHD, and X, instead of trying to remember 14 individual letters.

Problem based learning is an instructional method that challenges students to "learn to learn," working cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems. These problems are used to engage students' curiosity and initiate learning the subject matter.

Classical conditioning refers to things like a shiver running down your spine whenever you hear a fox howl, or flinching when someone lifts their hand. On the other hand, operant conditioning might be something like pushing a button next to the door, because you've learned through experience that if you don't push the button, you will get zapped by the door knob.

An example of the Premack principle might be to allow students to work with their friends on a second worksheet (the more-preferred activity), if they quietly complete the first worksheet on their own (the less-preferred activity).

Erikson defined eight stages, and a "crisis" that is associated with each stage. The Industry (or Competence) vs. Inferiority stage deals with whether the child develops a sense of confidence in intellectual and social skills or develops a sense of failure and lack of confidence.

Learned helplessness occurs when students come to believe that they cannot control or improve their own learning.

The Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test (STAT) was created to evaluate the components of Sternberg's theory. It includes analytical questions to measure the ability to learn from context and reason; creative questions to assess the ability to cope with new situations; and practical questions to assess the ability to solve everyday problems.

A Heuristic might be something like dividing a problem into sub-problems, or working backwards through a problem, etc.. On the other hand, an algorithm is a specific set of steps you follow to solve a problem. For instance, most math problems have an associated algorithm; most of life's problems are not that straightforward, and would be best solved with heuristics.

Criterion-referenced tests test for a certain level of performance. For example, a math class would have a test that covers all of the different math concepts the students are expected to know by the end of the class. In a criterion-referenced test, it doesn't matter what the other students get--the test-takers must demonstrate mastery.