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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.
Invincibility Fallacy
Educational Psychology
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Perception
3. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Voice Disorders
Perception
Models (Instruction)
Confidence Interval
4. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Cognitive Objectives
Expressive Disorders
Direct instruction
Cultural Deficit Theories
5. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Confidence Interval
Allocated Time
Anxiety Disorders
6. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.
Achievement Tests
Hearing Impairment
Heuristics
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
7. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Portfolio
Questioning Techniques
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Assertive Discipline
8. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.
Generative learning
Mastery Learning
Visual Impairment
Socioeconomic Status
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).
Pivotal Response Therapy
Means-Ends Analysis
Conventional Morality
Synthetic Intelligence
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.
Gender Role
Summative Evaluation
Symbolic Modeling
Analytical Intelligence
11. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Code Emphasis Strategy
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Phonology
12. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.
Synthetic Intelligence
Code Emphasis Strategy
Inattention
Communication
13. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Operant Behavior
Personal Fable
Phonology
Law of Effect
14. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Norm Group
Practical Intelligence
Content Validity
15. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.
Holophrastic Speech
Phonology
External Locus of Control
Intrinsic Motivation
16. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Limited Retardation
Law of Effect
Criterion-Related Validity
Working or Short-Term Memory
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).
Triarchic Theory
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Working or Short-Term Memory
Growth Needs
18. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Intermittent Retardation
Intrinsic Motivation
Assertive Discipline
Gifted and Talented Children
19. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
attrition
Morphemes
Achievement Motivation
Mental Retardation
20. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Semantic Memory
Group Training Experiences
Construct Validity
Epilepsy
21. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Reading
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Tracking
Human Needs Theory
22. Internalized self-talk.
Inner Speech
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Heuristics
Critical pedagogy
23. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.
Retrieval
Specific Learning Outcomes
Criterion-Related Validity
Observational Learning
24. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.
Exhibition
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Growth Needs
Expressive Disorders
25. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Achievement Tests
Premack Principle
Pragmatics
Learning Disability
26. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Means-Ends Analysis
Norm-Referenced Testing
Language System
27. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Communication
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Social Cognition
Gender Role
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 -
Academic Learning Time
Response-Cost System
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Semantic Memory
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.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Gender Identity
Synthetic Intelligence
General Exploratory Activities
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.
Psychomotor Objectives
Reciprocal Determinism
Ability
Impulsivity
31. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Socioeconomic Status
Learning Disability
Percentile Scores
32. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Maturation
Episodic Memory
Encoding
Responsibility
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.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Perception
Keyword
Generative learning
34. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Achievement Test Battery
Holophrastic Speech
Postconventional Morality
Reading
35. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Generalized Reinforcer
Schemata
Mastery Grading Scales
Descriptive Grading Scales
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.
Summative Evaluation
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Norm Group
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
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
T-Scores
Direct instruction
Carroll's Model of School Learning
38. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Socioeconomic Status
Vicarious Learning
Retroactive Interference
Achievement Motivation
39. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Code Emphasis Strategy
Criterion-Related Validity
Cooing
Real Self-Efficacy
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
Human Needs Theory
Pivotal Response Therapy
Group Consequences
Real Self-Efficacy
42. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Expository Teaching
Centration
General Objectives
Formative Evaluation
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.
Phonemes
Voice Disorders
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Language Experience Strategy
44. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Hyperactivity
Group Consequences
Acronym
Community-Based Education Programs
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.
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Type-S Conditioning
Problem Solving
Learning Disability
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.
Academic Learning Time
Pragmatics
Mental Retardation
Class Inclusion
47. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.
Corporal Punishment
Heuristics
Scheduled Time
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
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.
Maturation
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Phonics Approach
General (or High-Road) Transfer
49. The study of how students learn and develop.
Educational Psychology
Scheduled Time
General Exploratory Activities
Effort
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.
Phonemes
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Taxonomy
Cooing
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