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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. 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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2. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






3. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






4. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






5. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






6. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






7. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






8. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






9. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






10. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






11. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






12. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






13. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






14. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






15. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






16. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






17. 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).






18. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






19. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






20. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






21. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






22. Internalized self-talk.






23. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






24. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






25. The study of the social aspects of language use.






26. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






27. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






28. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -






29. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






30. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






31. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






32. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






33. 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.






34. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






35. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.






36. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






37. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






38. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






39. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






40. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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41. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






42. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






43. 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.






44. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






48. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






49. The study of how students learn and develop.






50. 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.







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