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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (
Analytical Intelligence
Postconventional Morality
Retroactive Interference
Learned Helplessness
2. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.
Standard Error of Estimate
Effort
Epilepsy
Learning Disabilities
3. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Achievement Motivation
Mild Retardation
Inattention
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
4. 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.
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Identity Achievement
Social Learning and Expectancy
Face Validity
5. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.
Procedural Memory
Descriptive Statistics
Voice Disorders
Attention
6. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.
Means-Ends Analysis
Decay
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Type-R Conditioning
7. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Centration
Standard Error of Estimate
Reciprocal Teaching
8. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Guided Discovery
Luck
Babbling
Ability
9. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).
Demonstrations
Task Analysis
Inclusion
Deficiency Needs
10. 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.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Problem Solving
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Cultural Differences Theories
11. 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
Expository Advance Organizers
Morphemes
Respondent Behavior
Active teaching
12. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Social Cognition
Identity Achievement
Educational Goals
Character Education Programs
13. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Moratorium
Cultural Differences Theories
Fluency Disorders
14. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.
Symbolic Modeling
Tracking
Clustering
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
15. The sensory register for visual information.
Iconic Storage Register
Problem Solving
Organization
Gender Identity
16. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Learning Disability
Object-Relations Theory
Expressive Disorders
17. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Teaching Efficacy
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
18. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
Educational Goals
Engaged Time
Classification
Learning Disabilities
19. The study of how students learn and develop.
Educational Psychology
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Two-sigma problem
Models (Observational Learning)
20. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Contingency Contracting
Transitional Bilingual Programs
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
21. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Pervasive Retardation
Exceptional Learners
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
22. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Educational Goals
Identity Achievement
23. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.
Reinforcer
Motivation
Descriptive Grading Scales
Anxiety Disorders
24. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Real Self-Efficacy
Long-Term Memory
Models (Instruction)
25. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.
Inclusion
Shaping
Socioeconomic Status
Symbolic Modeling
26. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Type-R Conditioning
Jigsaw II
Cooing
Ability
27. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Pedagogy
General Exploratory Activities
Response-Cost System
Babbling
28. 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.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Mild Retardation
29. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Group Training Experiences
T-Scores
Responsibility
Pivotal Response Therapy
30. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Severe and Profound Retardation
Episodic Memory
Human Needs Theory
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
31. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Chunking
Transitivity
Identity Diffusion
Mastery Grading Scales
32. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Elaborative Encoding
Expected Outcomes
Response Set
Teaching Efficacy
33. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Primary Reinforcer
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Derived Score
IDEAL Strategy
34. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Scheduled Time
Socioeconomic Status
Models (Observational Learning)
35. 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.
Organization
Intrinsic Motivation
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Algorithm
36. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.
Voice Disorders
Forgetting
Personal Fable
Cultural Deficit Theories
37. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Test-Retest Reliability
Secondary Reinforcer
Generalized Reinforcer
38. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.
Morphemes
Fluency Disorders
Performance Grading Scales
Reciprocal Determinism
39. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.
Attention
Educational Goals
Limited Retardation
Guided Discovery
40. 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
Extensive Retardation
Triarchic Theory
Models (Observational Learning)
Motivation
41. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Communication
Allocated Time
Inattention
42. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Planned Ignoring
Development
Metacognition
Socioeconomic Status
43. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Practical Intelligence
Expository Teaching
Educational Goals
44. The total length of the class.
Scheduled Time
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Reinforcer
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
45. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Classification
Tracking
Portfolio
Pervasive Retardation
46. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Direct Modeling
Working-Backward Strategy
Cognitive Objectives
Expository Teaching
47. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.
Class Inclusion
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Means-Ends Analysis
Primary Reinforcer
48. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Organization
Responsibility
Motivation
49. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Postconventional Morality
Affective Objectives
Ability
Identity
50. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Semantic Memory
Keyword
Mental Retardation
Dual Coding Hypothesis