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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. The sensory register for visual information.
Identity Diffusion
Iconic Storage Register
Portfolio
Socioeconomic Status
2. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Human Needs Theory
Two-sigma problem
Operant Behavior
Difficulty of the Task
3. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Group Consequences
Synthesized Modeling
4. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.
Proactive Interference
Comparative Advance Organizers
Psychometrics
Questioning Techniques
5. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Planned Ignoring
Advance Organizer
Receptive Language Disorders
6. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Expressive Disorders
Engaged Time
Descriptive Statistics
attrition
7. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
Advance Organizer
Constructivism
Teaching Efficacy
Identity Achievement
8. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.
Instructional Objectives
Transformation
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Allocated Time
9. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Gender Bias
Feedback Loop
Synthesized Modeling
Gifted and Talented Children
10. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.
Phonics Approach
Cooperative Learning
Community-Based Education Programs
Extrinsic Motivation
11. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Moderate Retardation
Gender Identity
Anxiety Disorders
Symbolic Modeling
12. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Postconventional Morality
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Withitness
Planned Ignoring
13. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.
Retroactive Interference
Class Inclusion
Motivation
Time-Out
14. Internalized self-talk.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Derived Score
Inner Speech
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
15. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
At-Risk Students
Generalized Reinforcer
Schemata
Episodic Memory
16. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.
Inner Speech
General Objectives
Instructional Theory
Object-Relations Theory
17. 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.
Concept-Driven Models
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Critical pedagogy
Gender Role
18. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.
Rehearsal
Student Team Achievement Decisions
Phonics Approach
Learning Disabilities
19. 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 (
Foreclosure
Difficulty of the Task
Postconventional Morality
Syntax
20. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.
Expressive Disorders
Aptitude Tests
Growth Needs
Conservation
21. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Growth Needs
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Proactive Interference
22. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.
Active teaching
Identity Diffusion
Reliability
Transformation
23. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth
Human Needs Theory
Reciprocal Teaching
Identity Diffusion
Character
24. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.
Keyword
Conditioning
Babbling
Phonics Approach
25. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Contingency Contracting
Descriptive Grading Scales
Educational Goals
Communication
26. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.
Behavior Disorders
Summative Evaluation
Semantic Memory
Algorithm
27. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.
Instructional Theory
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Transfer of Information
Problem Solving
28. 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.
Visual Impairment
Normal Distribution
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Stability
29. 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.
Token Economy
Gender Role
Psychomotor Objectives
Retroactive Interference
30. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Organization
General Objectives
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Time-Out
31. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Difficulty of the Task
Concurrent Validity
Response-Cost System
Educational Psychology
32. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Algorithm
Hyperactivity
Practical Intelligence
Secondary Reinforcer
33. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
Response-Cost System
Gender Bias
Syntax
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
34. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Guided Discovery
Pragmatics
Assertive Discipline
Norm Group
35. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.
Expressive Disorders
Schemata
Anxiety Disorders
Withitness
36. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Inattention
Questioning Techniques
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Public Law 94-142
37. 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
Dyslexia
Heuristics
Portfolio
38. 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.
Reinforcer
Internalization
Teaching Efficacy
Mental Retardation
39. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Shaping
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Effort
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
40. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.
Group Training Experiences
Jigsaw II
Test-Retest Reliability
Psychometrics
41. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Derived Score
Language Experience Strategy
Mental Retardation
Summative Evaluation
42. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.
Procedural Memory
Motivation
Academic Learning Time
Hearing Impairment
43. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Achievement Motivation
Expository Advance Organizers
44. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Derived Score
Observational Learning
45. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Personal Fable
Scheduled Time
Construct Validity
Performance Grading Scales
46. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Type-S Conditioning
Inclusion
Conventional Morality
Predictive Validity
47. 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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48. 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
Object-Relations Theory
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Attribution Theory
General Objectives
49. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Cooperative Learning
Psychomotor Objectives
Behavioral Theory
50. 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.
Learning Disabilities
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Mnemonic Devices
Cerebral Palsy (CP)