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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.
Mild Retardation
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Gender Identity
2. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Working or Short-Term Memory
Organization
Self-Regulation
Gender Bias
3. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Object-Relations Theory
Personal Fable
Token Economy
Seriation
4. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Descriptive Grading Scales
Learning Disability
Behavioral Theory
Allocated Time
5. Internalized self-talk.
Syntax
Hearing Impairment
Inner Speech
Withitness
6. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Subschemata
Human Needs Theory
Metacognition
Synthesized Modeling
7. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Generalized Reinforcer
Identity
Organization
Concurrent Validity
8. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
Subschemata
Syntax
Attribution Theory
Maturation
9. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.
Type-R Conditioning
Babbling
Keyword
Derived Score
10. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
Vicarious Learning
Feedback Loop
Predictive Validity
Models (Observational Learning)
11. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Gender Identity
Concurrent Validity
Holophrastic Speech
Assertive Discipline
12. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Withitness
Educational Goals
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Babbling
13. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.
Behavior Disorders
Questioning Techniques
Motivation
Fluency Disorders
14. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.
Centration
Heuristics
Seriation
Group Training Experiences
15. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.
Time-Out
Z-Scores
Corporal Punishment
Engaged Time
16. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Morphemes
Social Inferences
Advance Organizer
Psychomotor Objectives
17. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.
Automaticity
Sensory Register
Episodic Memory
Absolute Grading Standards
18. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Jigsaw II
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Reciprocal Teaching
Pragmatics
19. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.
Brainstorming
Preconventional Morality
Direct Modeling
Development
20. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Affective Objectives
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Responsibility
21. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Character Education Programs
Gifted and Talented Children
Self-Determination Theory
Cooperative Learning
22. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.
Generative learning
Epilepsy
Automaticity
Attention
23. 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
Social Learning and Expectancy
Descriptive Grading Scales
Conventional Morality
Direct instruction
24. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.
Metacognition
Phonics Approach
Observational Learning
Advance Organizer
25. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.
Test Bias
Development
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Cognitive Objectives
26. 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
Simple Moral Education Programs
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Mastery Learning
27. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.
Corporal Punishment
Method of Loci
Synthetic Intelligence
Phonemes
28. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.
T-Scores
Achievement Tests
Pragmatics
Shaping
29. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Morphemes
Epilepsy
Expository Advance Organizers
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
30. 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.
Mnemonic Devices
Summative Evaluation
Self-Efficacy
Response Set
31. 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.
Formative Evaluation
Mental Retardation
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Two-Store Model
32. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.
attrition
Transfer of Information
Norm Group
Gender Identity
33. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Learning Disability
Hearing Impairment
34. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.
Contingency Contracting
Attribution Theory
Retroactive Interference
External Locus of Control
35. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Conditioning
Primary Reinforcer
Elaboration
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
36. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Learning Disability
Transitivity
Criterion-Related Validity
Concept-Driven Models
37. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Planned Ignoring
Extrinsic Motivation
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Vicarious Learning
38. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.
Hyperactivity
Chunking
Absolute Grading Standards
Gifted and Talented Children
39. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Cognitive Objectives
Centration
40. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.
Extrinsic Motivation
Expository Advance Organizers
Long-Term Memory
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
41. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Reliability
Premack Principle
Task Analysis
Type-S Conditioning
42. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Derived Score
Models (Instruction)
Percentile Scores
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
43. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Maturation
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Pedagogy
44. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Instructional Theory
Active teaching
Expressive Disorders
Formative Evaluation
45. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.
Chunking
Feedback Loop
Two-sigma problem
Cooing
46. The total length of the class.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Scheduled Time
Learning Disabilities
Difficulty of the Task
47. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Learned Helplessness
Descriptive Statistics
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
48. 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
Synthetic Intelligence
Working or Short-Term Memory
Ability
Deficiency Needs
49. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Self-Regulation
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Constructivism
Assertive Discipline
50. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Questioning Techniques
Semantic Memory
Synthetic Intelligence
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
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