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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Schemata
Whole Language Approach
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Pragmatics
2. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.
Dyslexia
Self-Efficacy
Simple Moral Education Programs
Expressive Disorders
3. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Maturation
Expository Teaching
Planned Ignoring
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
4. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.
Content Validity
Learned Helplessness
Internalization
Static Assessment Approach
5. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).
Transfer of Information
Expected Outcomes
Growth Needs
Self-Determination Theory
6. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Attention
Means-Ends Analysis
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Perceived Self-Efficacy
7. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Gender Bias
Epilepsy
Mild Retardation
Pivotal Response Therapy
8. 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.
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Long-Term Memory
IDEAL Strategy
Semantics
9. 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
Group Training Experiences
Simple Moral Education Programs
Language System
Inattention
10. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.
Epilepsy
Babbling
Preconventional Morality
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
11. 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
Chunking
Inattention
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
12. 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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13. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Acronym
Primary Reinforcer
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Epilepsy
14. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.
Response-Cost System
Planned Ignoring
Concurrent Validity
Criterion-Referenced Testing
15. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Test Bias
Expository Advance Organizers
Proactive Interference
Receptive Language Disorders
16. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Portfolio
Specific Learning Outcomes
Algorithm
Character Education Programs
17. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.
Exhibition
Dyslexia
Holophrastic Speech
Criterion-Related Validity
18. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Exceptional Learners
Instruction
Gender Role
Syntax
19. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Test Bias
Achievement Motivation
Corporal Punishment
Functional Fixedness
20. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.
Formative Evaluation
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Critical pedagogy
Psychomotor Objectives
21. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Pragmatics
T-Scores
Performance-Based Test Strategies
22. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for
Two-Store Model
Deficiency Needs
Premack Principle
Classification
23. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.
Social Inferences
Withitness
Synthesized Modeling
Test-Retest Reliability
24. 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
Performance Grading Scales
Inner Speech
Forgetting
Active teaching
25. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Retrieval
Conventional Morality
Social Inferences
Psychometrics
26. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.
Constructivism
Schemata
Preconventional Morality
Type-S Conditioning
27. 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.
Generative learning
Token Economy
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Social Inferences
28. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.
Intermittent Retardation
Affective Objectives
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Exhibition
29. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil
Transformation
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Attribution Theory
Academic Learning Time
30. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.
Primary Reinforcer
Planned Ignoring
Symbolic Modeling
Acronym
31. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Language Experience Strategy
32. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Mastery Grading Scales
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Algorithm
Attribution Theory
33. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.
Learning Disabilities
Constructivism
Babbling
Taxonomy
34. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.
General Exploratory Activities
Luck
Confidence Interval
Learned Helplessness
35. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Iconic Storage Register
Mental Retardation
Semantics
Automaticity
36. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.
Centration
Preconventional Morality
Intermittent Retardation
Heuristics
37. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.
Withitness
At-Risk Students
Reciprocal Teaching
Gifted and Talented Children
38. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Assertive Discipline
Premack Principle
Enrichment Programs
Cognitive Objectives
39. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Primary Reinforcer
Group Consequences
Type-R Conditioning
Chunking
40. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Cognitive Objectives
Learned Helplessness
Character Education Programs
Pragmatics
41. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Method of Loci
Classification
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Enrichment Programs
42. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.
Generative learning
Absolute Grading Standards
Engaged Time
Scheduled Time
43. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.
Semantic Memory
Descriptive Grading Scales
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Transitional Bilingual Programs
44. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Inclusion
Standard Error of Estimate
Moderate Retardation
Validity
45. 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.
Object-Relations Theory
Descriptive Grading Scales
Advance Organizer
Constructivism
46. 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.
Response-Cost System
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Intrinsic Motivation
Allocated Time
47. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Gender Bias
Pivotal Response Therapy
Data-Driven Models
Group Training Experiences
48. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Reliability
Law of Effect
Feedback Loop
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
49. 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.
Hyperactivity
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
50. The study of how students learn and develop.
Invincibility Fallacy
Educational Psychology
Teaching Efficacy
Instructional Objectives