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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.
Secondary Reinforcer
Predictive Validity
Social Cognition
Method of Loci
2. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Direct Modeling
Active teaching
Moderate Retardation
Syntax
3. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.
Mental Retardation
Impulsivity
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Inclusion
4. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Elaboration
Derived Score
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Performance Grading Scales
5. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.
Acronym
Contingency Contracting
Rehearsal
Descriptive Statistics
6. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.
Static Assessment Approach
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Brainstorming
Token Economy
7. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Synthetic Intelligence
Engaged Time
Organization
Gender Bias
8. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Summative Evaluation
Achievement Test Battery
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
9. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Character Education Programs
Psychometrics
Symbolic Modeling
Content Validity
10. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.
Schemata
IDEAL Strategy
Invincibility Fallacy
Echoic Storage Register
11. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
Observational Learning
Code Emphasis Strategy
Conservation
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
12. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Respondent Behavior
Acronym
Derived Score
Transitional Bilingual Programs
13. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Clustering
Development
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Planned Ignoring
14. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Conventional Morality
Cultural Deficit Theories
Rehearsal
15. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.
Direct instruction
Two-sigma problem
Critical pedagogy
T-Scores
16. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
Time-Out
Vicarious Learning
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Self-Efficacy
17. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Self-Determination Theory
Working-Backward Strategy
Portfolio
Pragmatics
18. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Contingency Contracting
General Exploratory Activities
Inclusion
Achievement Motivation
19. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Object-Relations Theory
Mnemonic Devices
20. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.
Educational Goals
Social Learning and Expectancy
Language System
Mastery Grading Scales
21. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is stable and external to the student.
Difficulty of the Task
Functional Fixedness
Vicarious Learning
Validity
22. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.
Test Bias
Conservation
Foreclosure
Class Inclusion
23. Internalized self-talk.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Automaticity
General Objectives
Inner Speech
24. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Intrinsic Motivation
Norm-Referenced Testing
Models (Observational Learning)
Concept-Driven Models
25. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro
Semantics
Triarchic Theory
Descriptive Grading Scales
Reading
26. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Effort
Descriptive Statistics
Mastery Grading Scales
Character
27. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Hearing Impairment
Reversibility
Identity
Personal Fable
28. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo
Conditioning
Communication
Active teaching
Forgetting
29. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.
Conditioning
Communication
Specific Learning Outcomes
Receptive Language Disorders
30. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Simple Moral Education Programs
Centration
Syntax
31. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
IDEAL Strategy
Educational Psychology
Percentile Scores
32. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Deficiency Needs
Questioning Techniques
Classification
Summative Evaluation
33. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Self-Efficacy
Academic Learning Time
Severe and Profound Retardation
34. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Generalized Reinforcer
Assertive Discipline
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Functional Fixedness
35. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Type-S Conditioning
Premack Principle
Internal Locus of Control
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
36. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Exhibition
Transfer of Information
Organization
37. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Static Assessment Approach
Mastery Grading Scales
Expressive Disorders
Absolute Grading Standards
38. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.
Cultural Deficit Theories
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Hearing Impairment
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
39. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
Formative Evaluation
Type-S Conditioning
Contingency Contracting
Identity Achievement
40. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is stable and intrinsic to the student.
Ability
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Functional Fixedness
Comparative Advance Organizers
41. How capable one actually is.
Real Self-Efficacy
Inattention
Invincibility Fallacy
Jigsaw II
42. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.
Intrinsic Motivation
Two-sigma problem
Norm-Referenced Testing
Schemata
43. Relating current information with previous learning.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Analogies
Proactive Interference
Validity
44. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Metacognition
Response Set
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Expository Advance Organizers
45. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int
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46. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.
Gender Identity
Mastery Grading Scales
Exceptional Learners
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
47. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.
Synthesized Modeling
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
External Locus of Control
General (or High-Road) Transfer
48. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Articulation Difficulties
Classification
Semantics
Operant Behavior
49. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Cultural Differences Theories
Decay
Reading
Expository Teaching
50. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.
Sensory Register
Reinforcer
Performance-Based Test Strategies
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs