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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.
Enrichment Programs
Norm-Referenced Testing
Psychometrics
Dyslexia
2. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Method of Loci
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Social Cognition
Gender Bias
3. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Behavior Disorders
Semantic Memory
Constructivism
Inclusion
4. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Response-Cost System
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Whole Language Approach
5. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Forgetting
Attention
Concept-Driven Models
Growth Needs
6. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
Academic Learning Time
Transitivity
Normal Distribution
Morphemes
7. 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.
Task Analysis
Personal Fable
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Summative Evaluation
8. 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
Observational Learning
Triarchic Theory
Synthetic Intelligence
Response Set
9. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
Generalized Reinforcer
Iconic Storage Register
Expository Teaching
Confidence Interval
10. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Constructivism
Group Training Experiences
Instruction
11. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.
Social Learning and Expectancy
Taxonomy
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Schemata
12. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Character Education Programs
Identity Diffusion
Allocated Time
Cultural Deficit Theories
13. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.
Holophrastic Speech
Brainstorming
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Class Inclusion
14. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Jigsaw II
Brainstorming
attrition
15. 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).
Group Consequences
Attribution Theory
Deficiency Needs
Feedback Loop
16. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Human Needs Theory
External Locus of Control
Self-Determination Theory
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
17. 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.
Expository Teaching
Critical pedagogy
Advance Organizer
Operant Behavior
18. 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
Sensory Register
Reciprocal Teaching
Echoic Storage Register
Iconic Storage Register
19. 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.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Practical Intelligence
Learned Helplessness
Scheduled Time
20. 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
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Inclusion
Real Self-Efficacy
21. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.
Educational Psychology
At-Risk Students
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Behavioral Theory
22. The total length of the class.
Scheduled Time
Self-Efficacy
Mastery Grading Scales
Identity
23. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Synthesized Modeling
Social Learning and Expectancy
Models (Observational Learning)
Extrinsic Motivation
24. Disorder affecting a child's sight.
Whole Language Approach
Retroactive Interference
Retrieval
Visual Impairment
25. The study of the meaning behind words.
Elaboration
Primary Reinforcer
Percentile Scores
Semantics
26. The inability to retrieve learned information.
Forgetting
Foreclosure
Conditioning
Language Experience Strategy
27. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a
Accelerated Programs
Generative learning
Community-Based Education Programs
Organization
28. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.
Two-sigma problem
Motivation
Real Self-Efficacy
Ability
29. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Pervasive Retardation
Transformation
Psychometrics
Dynamic Assessment Approach
30. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Feedback Loop
Scheduled Time
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Educational Goals
31. 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).
Standard Error of Estimate
Limited Retardation
Development
Growth Needs
32. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Data-Driven Models
Transfer of Information
Elaboration
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
33. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Episodic Memory
Transitivity
Synthetic Intelligence
Attribution Theory
34. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Group Training Experiences
Engaged Time
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Learning Disability
35. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Learning Disability
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Character
Reading
36. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.
Secondary Reinforcer
Simple Moral Education Programs
Academic Learning Time
Stability
37. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.
T-Scores
External Locus of Control
Impulsivity
Dual Coding Hypothesis
38. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Exceptional Learners
Transfer of Information
Primary Reinforcer
Group Consequences
39. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Receptive Language Disorders
Encoding
Pragmatics
Socioeconomic Status
40. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus
Conventional Morality
Accelerated Programs
Working or Short-Term Memory
Retroactive Interference
41. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.
Static Assessment Approach
Transfer of Information
Reinforcer
Difficulty of the Task
42. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Encoding
Human Needs Theory
Portfolio
Questioning Techniques
43. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn
Internalization
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Pedagogy
Code Emphasis Strategy
44. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.
Portfolio
Norm Group
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
45. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.
Self-Regulation
Transitivity
Attribution Theory
Achievement Tests
46. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Procedural Memory
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Seriation
47. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Mastery Learning
Human Needs Theory
Direct Modeling
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
48. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.
Mnemonic Devices
Foreclosure
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Proactive Interference
49. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.
Gender Role
Mild Retardation
Portfolio
Mastery Grading Scales
50. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.
Gifted and Talented Children
Identity Diffusion
Mastery Grading Scales
Exceptional Learners