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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Reading
Internalization
Type-S Conditioning
Proactive Interference
2. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Babbling
Responsibility
Predictive Validity
3. 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 stable and external to the student.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Difficulty of the Task
Mild Retardation
Behavioral Theory
4. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Sensory Register
Response-Cost System
Allocated Time
Inattention
5. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Specific Learning Outcomes
Derived Score
Synthesized Modeling
Identity
6. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.
Stability
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Task Analysis
7. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.
Phonemes
Self-Determination Theory
Motivation
Group Training Experiences
8. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Long-Term Memory
Accelerated Programs
Elaborative Encoding
9. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.
Reliability
Corporal Punishment
Performance Grading Scales
Clustering
10. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Expository Teaching
Syntax
Secondary Reinforcer
Accelerated Programs
11. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Summative Evaluation
Cooperative Learning
Acronym
Educational Goals
12. 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
Advance Organizer
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Planned Ignoring
Working or Short-Term Memory
13. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
Psychomotor Objectives
Human Needs Theory
attrition
Generalized Reinforcer
14. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Working-Backward Strategy
Pragmatics
Intermittent Retardation
Mental Retardation
15. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.
Face Validity
Expressive Disorders
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Content Validity
16. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Phonology
Descriptive Statistics
Communication
Group Consequences
17. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.
Perception
Code Emphasis Strategy
Personal Fable
Secondary Reinforcer
18. 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.
General Objectives
Inclusion
Synthetic Intelligence
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
19. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Psychometrics
Episodic Memory
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Dynamic Assessment Approach
20. 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.
Synthetic Intelligence
Deficiency Needs
Mnemonic Devices
Reversibility
21. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.
Development
Z-Scores
Effort
Expressive Disorders
22. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Algorithm
Personal Fable
Deficiency Needs
Portfolio
23. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.
Internalization
Pragmatics
Pervasive Retardation
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
24. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Pragmatics
Academic Learning Time
Acronym
Elaboration
25. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.
Premack Principle
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Dyslexia
Cultural Differences Theories
26. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Allocated Time
Expressive Disorders
Task Analysis
Construct Validity
27. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Long-Term Memory
Behavioral Theory
Criterion-Related Validity
28. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Models (Instruction)
Advance Organizer
Time-Out
Specific Learning Outcomes
29. 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
Mild Retardation
Critical pedagogy
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
30. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Two-Store Model
Concept-Driven Models
Reliability
Centration
31. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Engaged Time
Preconventional Morality
External Locus of Control
Severe and Profound Retardation
32. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Mental Retardation
Decay
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
33. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.
General Objectives
Learning Disability
Instruction
Attribution Theory
34. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.
Cognitive Objectives
Formative Evaluation
Inattention
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
35. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Pragmatics
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Group Training Experiences
Automaticity
36. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Achievement Motivation
Heuristics
Organization
37. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Guided Discovery
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Mental Retardation
Identity Diffusion
38. 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 intrinsic to the student.
Type-R Conditioning
Extensive Retardation
Effort
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
39. 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.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Reciprocal Determinism
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Behavioral Theory
40. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
Behavior Disorders
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Performance Grading Scales
Criterion-Referenced Testing
41. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Attention
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Voice Disorders
Cognitive Objectives
42. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Educational Psychology
Planned Ignoring
Z-Scores
43. 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.
Face Validity
Moratorium
Anxiety Disorders
Constructivism
44. 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.
Derived Score
Practical Intelligence
Type-R Conditioning
Rehearsal
45. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.
Heuristics
Ability
Norm Group
Observational Learning
46. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Law of Effect
Identity Achievement
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Instruction
47. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Method of Loci
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Moderate Retardation
Extrinsic Motivation
48. Those one observes.
Models (Observational Learning)
Behavioral Theory
Self-Efficacy
Luck
49. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
General Objectives
Retroactive Interference
Law of Effect
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
50. The use of physical punishment.
Subschemata
Problem Solving
Corporal Punishment
Gender Bias
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