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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. 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
Rehearsal
Synthesized Modeling
Steiner-Waldorf Education
2. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Object-Relations Theory
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Morphemes
At-Risk Students
3. 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.
Enrichment Programs
Limited Retardation
Social Learning and Expectancy
Specific Learning Outcomes
4. 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
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Active teaching
Responsibility
Mnemonic Devices
5. How relevant a test is at face value.
Motivation
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Face Validity
Echoic Storage Register
6. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Centration
Gifted and Talented Children
Character
7. One's self-perception of his or her gender.
Synthesized Modeling
Generalized Reinforcer
Gender Identity
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
8. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Affective Objectives
Means-Ends Analysis
Pedagogy
General (or High-Road) Transfer
9. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Functional Fixedness
Decay
Type-S Conditioning
Personal Fable
10. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Self-Determination Theory
Reinforcer
Z-Scores
Voice Disorders
11. 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.
Descriptive Grading Scales
Self-Determination Theory
Social Learning and Expectancy
Social Inferences
12. 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.
Retrieval
Epilepsy
Performance Grading Scales
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
13. 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
Law of Effect
Direct Modeling
Elaboration
14. 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
Method of Loci
Symbolic Modeling
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Content Validity
15. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Gender Bias
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Expository Teaching
Extrinsic Motivation
16. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.
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Semantics
Working-Backward Strategy
Exhibition
17. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Respondent Behavior
Instructional Objectives
18. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Formative Evaluation
Achievement Motivation
Mastery Learning
Transitivity
19. 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
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Attention
Constructivism
20. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Schemata
Foreclosure
Operant Behavior
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
21. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
Centration
Effort
Two-Store Model
Reinforcer
22. 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 (
Norm-Referenced Testing
Postconventional Morality
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Communication
23. 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.
Episodic Memory
Iconic Storage Register
Conservation
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
24. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.
Guided Discovery
Intrinsic Motivation
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Comparative Advance Organizers
25. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Learned Helplessness
Elaborative Encoding
26. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.
Moratorium
Simple Moral Education Programs
Dyslexia
Comparative Advance Organizers
27. 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.
Transformation
Face Validity
Internal Locus of Control
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
28. 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.
Class Inclusion
Morphemes
Conventional Morality
Rehearsal
29. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.
Reversibility
Two-Store Model
attrition
Aptitude Tests
30. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Development
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Task Analysis
31. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Identity
Communication
External Locus of Control
32. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Group Consequences
Validity
Contingency Contracting
Direct Modeling
33. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Corporal Punishment
Pragmatics
Syntax
Heuristics
34. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)
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35. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.
Responsibility
Heuristics
Norm-Referenced Testing
Time-Out
36. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Cultural Differences Theories
Social Cognition
Stability
37. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.
Elaboration
Metacognition
Cooing
Dyslexia
38. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.
Mnemonic Devices
Respondent Behavior
Severe and Profound Retardation
Keyword
39. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Cooing
Contingency Contracting
Psychomotor Objectives
40. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Means-Ends Analysis
Growth Needs
Withitness
Assertive Discipline
41. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Direct Modeling
Mental Retardation
Pedagogy
42. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Engaged Time
Norm-Referenced Testing
Derived Score
Descriptive Statistics
43. 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.
Forgetting
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Contingency Contracting
Secondary Reinforcer
44. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Babbling
Community-Based Education Programs
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Functional Fixedness
45. 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
Self-Determination Theory
Triarchic Theory
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Task Analysis
46. 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.
Algorithm
Sensory Register
Automaticity
Summative Evaluation
47. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Intermittent Retardation
Motivation
Reciprocal Teaching
48. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Phonics Approach
Problem Solving
Mastery Grading Scales
Descriptive Grading Scales
49. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Law of Effect
50. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.
Demonstrations
Mastery Learning
Symbolic Modeling
Transformation
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