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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






2. 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.






3. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






4. Internalized self-talk.






5. 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).






6. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






7. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






8. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






9. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






10. 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.






11. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






12. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






13. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






14. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






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






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






17. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






18. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






19. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






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






21. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






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






23. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






24. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






25. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






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






27. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






29. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






30. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






31. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






32. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






33. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






34. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






35. 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.






36. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






37. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






38. 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).






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






40. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






41. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






42. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






43. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






44. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






45. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






46. 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.






47. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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48. The study of the meaning behind words.






49. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






50. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.