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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. 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.
Test Bias
Behavioral Theory
Gifted and Talented Children
Cultural Deficit Theories
2. 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.
Motivation
IDEAL Strategy
Object-Relations Theory
Learning Disability
3. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).
Transfer of Information
Simple Moral Education Programs
Attribution Theory
Symbolic Modeling
4. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Expository Advance Organizers
Subschemata
Gender Role
Extrinsic Motivation
5. 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 -
Type-R Conditioning
Face Validity
Inner Speech
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
6. 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.
Planned Ignoring
Self-Efficacy
Reversibility
Time-Out
7. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.
Construct Validity
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Phonology
Elaboration
8. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Standard Error of Estimate
Demonstrations
Secondary Reinforcer
Academic Learning Time
9. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Models (Observational Learning)
Confidence Interval
Analogies
10. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.
Cooperative Learning
Human Needs Theory
Phonology
Concurrent Validity
11. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Allocated Time
Pragmatics
Active teaching
Confidence Interval
12. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Assertive Discipline
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Critical pedagogy
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
13. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.
Learned Helplessness
Socioeconomic Status
Static Assessment Approach
External Locus of Control
14. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Cooing
Subschemata
Pervasive Retardation
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
15. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Intrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic Motivation
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Semantics
16. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.
Expository Advance Organizers
Perception
Questioning Techniques
Sensory Register
17. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Brainstorming
Automaticity
Visual Impairment
Achievement Motivation
18. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
IDEAL Strategy
Chunking
Encoding
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
19. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Preconventional Morality
Portfolio
Response-Cost System
Affective Objectives
20. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.
Expected Outcomes
Fluency Disorders
Brainstorming
Reciprocal Teaching
21. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Internal Locus of Control
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Models (Instruction)
Phonics Approach
22. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Cognitive Objectives
Elaborative Encoding
Summative Evaluation
23. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Functional Fixedness
Phonics Approach
Conditioning
Teaching Efficacy
24. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Seriation
T-Scores
Sensory Register
Instructional Objectives
25. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Aptitude Tests
Task Analysis
Primary Reinforcer
Articulation Difficulties
26. 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.
Learning Disability
IDEAL Strategy
Respondent Behavior
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
27. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.
Social Cognition
Achievement Motivation
Group Training Experiences
Ability
28. 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.
Code Emphasis Strategy
Effort
Communication
Encoding
29. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.
Deficiency Needs
Learning Disabilities
Educational Goals
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
30. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.
Shaping
Type-R Conditioning
Hyperactivity
Confidence Interval
31. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Object-Relations Theory
Content Validity
Absolute Grading Standards
Descriptive Statistics
32. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Code Emphasis Strategy
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Algorithm
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
33. 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.
Brainstorming
Constructivism
Long-Term Memory
Enrichment Programs
34. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.
Validity
Limited Retardation
Advance Organizer
Task Analysis
35. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Problem Solving
Group Consequences
Confidence Interval
Expressive Disorders
36. Repeating information in the same way it was received.
Syntax
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Conservation
Formative Evaluation
37. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Semantic Memory
Withitness
Working-Backward Strategy
38. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.
Social Cognition
Cultural Differences Theories
Response Set
Severe and Profound Retardation
39. The inability to retrieve learned information.
Response Set
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Forgetting
Language Experience Strategy
40. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Concurrent Validity
Mental Retardation
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Vicarious Learning
41. 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.
Iconic Storage Register
Generalized Reinforcer
Analytical Intelligence
Active teaching
42. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Automaticity
Type-S Conditioning
Elaboration
Maturation
43. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Impulsivity
Identity Achievement
Reversibility
44. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Gender Bias
Cognitive Objectives
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Transfer of Information
45. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Forgetting
Gender Role
Simple Moral Education Programs
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
46. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).
Automaticity
Self-Determination Theory
Learned Helplessness
Public Law 94-142
47. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.
Demonstrations
Cooperative Learning
Achievement Tests
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
48. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.
Episodic Memory
Scheduled Time
Automaticity
Identity
49. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.
Encoding
Ability
Static Assessment Approach
Type-R Conditioning
50. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Reading
Working-Backward Strategy
Generative learning
Operant Behavior