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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Carroll's Model of School Learning
2. 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.
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Norm-Referenced Testing
Self-Regulation
3. 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.
Stability
Token Economy
Social Learning and Expectancy
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
4. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Inclusion
Episodic Memory
5. 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 unstable and external to the student.
Allocated Time
Planned Ignoring
Luck
Long-Term Memory
6. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
Questioning Techniques
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Type-S Conditioning
Symbolic Modeling
7. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Synthesized Modeling
Pedagogy
Community-Based Education Programs
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
8. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
Token Economy
General Objectives
Generalized Reinforcer
Achievement Tests
9. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Synthetic Intelligence
Standard Error of Estimate
Retrieval
Seriation
10. 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
Cooperative Learning
attrition
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Triarchic Theory
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.
Absolute Grading Standards
Pivotal Response Therapy
Class Inclusion
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
12. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.
Stability
Schemata
Expository Teaching
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
13. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.
Development
Invincibility Fallacy
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Specific Learning Outcomes
14. The total length of the class.
Derived Score
Specific Learning Outcomes
Scheduled Time
Mastery Grading Scales
15. 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
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Direct instruction
Decay
Retrieval
16. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Jigsaw II
Mild Retardation
Reliability
Perceived Self-Efficacy
17. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.
Predictive Validity
Exhibition
Direct instruction
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
18. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Morphemes
Semantic Memory
Mental Retardation
Stability
19. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.
Means-Ends Analysis
Attribution Theory
Maturation
Extensive Retardation
20. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Primary Reinforcer
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Expository Teaching
Symbolic Modeling
21. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.
Character Education Programs
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Conditioning
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
22. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Mental Retardation
Gender Role
Personal Fable
Achievement Test Battery
23. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.
Operant Behavior
Articulation Difficulties
Development
Self-Determination Theory
24. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Foreclosure
Behavior Disorders
25. Those one observes.
Premack Principle
Models (Observational Learning)
Phonology
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
26. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Questioning Techniques
Type-R Conditioning
Object-Relations Theory
Test Bias
27. 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
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Echoic Storage Register
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Reciprocal Teaching
28. 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.
Standard Error of Estimate
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
29. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Law of Effect
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Simple Moral Education Programs
Internal Locus of Control
30. 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.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Holophrastic Speech
Educational Psychology
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
31. The sensory register for visual information.
Iconic Storage Register
Stability
Enrichment Programs
Construct Validity
32. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.
Invincibility Fallacy
Confidence Interval
Personal Fable
Method of Loci
33. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.
Cultural Deficit Theories
Specific Learning Outcomes
Extensive Retardation
Tracking
34. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Synthesized Modeling
Advance Organizer
Epilepsy
Concept-Driven Models
35. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Withitness
Concurrent Validity
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Articulation Difficulties
36. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.
Epilepsy
Formative Evaluation
Procedural Memory
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
37. How relevant a test is at face value.
Concurrent Validity
Metacognition
Face Validity
Semantics
38. 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
Construct Validity
Content Validity
Achievement Test Battery
39. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Problem Solving
Phonemes
Token Economy
40. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Extensive Retardation
Self-Determination Theory
Law of Effect
Social Cognition
41. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Corporal Punishment
Maturation
Proactive Interference
42. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Operant Behavior
Stability
Perception
Rehearsal
43. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Self-Efficacy
Real Self-Efficacy
Summative Evaluation
Expected Outcomes
44. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Confidence Interval
Accelerated Programs
Encoding
45. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.
Seriation
Schemata
Confidence Interval
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
46. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Cooperative Learning
Perception
Affective Objectives
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
47. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.
Clustering
Hyperactivity
Perception
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
48. 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
Personal Fable
Two-Store Model
Educational Psychology
Rehearsal
49. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Decay
Premack Principle
Community-Based Education Programs
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
50. 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.
Norm Group
Token Economy
Human Needs Theory
Social Learning and Expectancy