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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.
Whole Language Approach
Object-Relations Theory
Character
Mental Retardation
2. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.
Intrinsic Motivation
Behavioral Theory
Corporal Punishment
Gender Identity
3. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.
Achievement Test Battery
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Comparative Advance Organizers
Severe and Profound Retardation
4. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Z-Scores
Identity Achievement
Pragmatics
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
5. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Holophrastic Speech
Instructional Theory
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
6. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Educational Psychology
Pedagogy
Gender Role
7. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.
Withitness
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Semantic Memory
Taxonomy
8. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Teaching Efficacy
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Allocated Time
Elaborative Encoding
9. 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.
Subschemata
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Episodic Memory
Contingency Contracting
10. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Reciprocal Teaching
Expected Outcomes
Algorithm
Student Team Achievement Decisions
11. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Active teaching
Gender Bias
Means-Ends Analysis
Psychomotor Objectives
12. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.
Expository Teaching
Learned Helplessness
Articulation Difficulties
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
13. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Type-R Conditioning
Chunking
Observational Learning
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
14. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Corporal Punishment
Pivotal Response Therapy
Cooperative Learning
Analytical Intelligence
15. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Response-Cost System
Phonemes
Internalization
16. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Moderate Retardation
Voice Disorders
Receptive Language Disorders
Effort
17. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Elaboration
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Direct instruction
Expected Outcomes
18. 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.
Metacognition
Long-Term Memory
Descriptive Statistics
Token Economy
19. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Token Economy
Psychometrics
Synthetic Intelligence
20. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.
Task Analysis
Generative learning
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Mental Retardation
21. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Whole Language Approach
Content Validity
Transfer of Information
22. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b
Cooperative Learning
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Language System
Phonics Approach
23. One's self-perception of his or her gender.
Criterion-Related Validity
Instructional Theory
Gender Identity
Social Inferences
24. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Norm-Referenced Testing
attrition
Group Consequences
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
25. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Advance Organizer
Syntax
Practical Intelligence
Mild Retardation
26. 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.
Metacognition
Social Inferences
Identity
Class Inclusion
27. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.
Inclusion
Feedback Loop
Static Assessment Approach
Development
28. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.
Automaticity
Hyperactivity
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Social Inferences
29. 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.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Aptitude Tests
Difficulty of the Task
30. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Rehearsal
At-Risk Students
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
31. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Expository Advance Organizers
Perception
Human Needs Theory
32. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
Subschemata
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Generative learning
Descriptive Grading Scales
33. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Comparative Advance Organizers
Receptive Language Disorders
Self-Determination Theory
Class Inclusion
34. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un
Face Validity
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Exceptional Learners
Criterion-Referenced Testing
35. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Mastery Learning
Episodic Memory
Advance Organizer
Assertive Discipline
36. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.
Chunking
Descriptive Statistics
Gifted and Talented Children
Phonemes
37. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Phonology
Preconventional Morality
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Achievement Test Battery
38. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.
attrition
Generalized Reinforcer
Group Consequences
Perceived Self-Efficacy
39. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.
Rehearsal
Instruction
Elaboration
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
40. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
Educational Goals
Withitness
General Exploratory Activities
Cognitive Objectives
41. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Mental Retardation
Maturation
Secondary Reinforcer
Triarchic Theory
42. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.
Heuristics
Constructivism
Reciprocal Determinism
Group Training Experiences
43. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Severe and Profound Retardation
Learning Disabilities
Personal Fable
44. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Reading
Seriation
Test Bias
Identity
45. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Descriptive Statistics
attrition
General Objectives
Inner Speech
46. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
Class Inclusion
Synthesized Modeling
Summative Evaluation
Pedagogy
47. 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.
Acronym
Specific Learning Outcomes
Brainstorming
Self-Regulation
48. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Intermittent Retardation
Moderate Retardation
Character Education Programs
Attention
49. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Assertive Discipline
Retrieval
Derived Score
Gender Identity
50. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.
Time-Out
Retroactive Interference
Gifted and Talented Children
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
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