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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.
Gender Bias
Pragmatics
Self-Determination Theory
Perception
2. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Language Experience Strategy
Exhibition
3. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.
Content Validity
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Reliability
Mastery Grading Scales
4. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.
Analogies
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Self-Regulation
Token Economy
5. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Withitness
Transfer of Information
Psychometrics
Conservation
6. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Cooing
Morphemes
Centration
Analogies
7. 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.
Token Economy
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
General Exploratory Activities
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
8. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Self-Efficacy
Intermittent Retardation
Synthesized Modeling
Moderate Retardation
9. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.
Syntax
Motivation
Severe and Profound Retardation
Transformation
10. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Encoding
Internal Locus of Control
Mild Retardation
Self-Efficacy
11. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.
Response-Cost System
Language System
Instruction
Limited Retardation
12. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Personal Fable
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Working-Backward Strategy
13. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Practical Intelligence
Premack Principle
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
14. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Behavioral Theory
Generalized Reinforcer
Individual and Small-Group Activities
15. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.
Conditioning
Working-Backward Strategy
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Affective Objectives
16. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Aptitude Tests
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Forgetting
Personal Fable
17. The sensory register for auditory information.
Inclusion
Echoic Storage Register
Constructivism
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
18. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Elaboration
Decay
Elaborative Encoding
Attention
19. 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 external to the student.
Exceptional Learners
Intermittent Retardation
Phonics Approach
Luck
20. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.
Cultural Differences Theories
Mnemonic Devices
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Aptitude Tests
21. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.
Gender Bias
Transformation
Real Self-Efficacy
Confidence Interval
22. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.
Type-S Conditioning
Pedagogy
Learned Helplessness
Academic Learning Time
23. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un
External Locus of Control
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Forgetting
24. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.
Inclusion
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Intrinsic Motivation
Elaborative Encoding
25. 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
Time-Out
Elaboration
Schemata
26. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Token Economy
Rehearsal
Language Experience Strategy
27. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.
Intrinsic Motivation
Fluency Disorders
Demonstrations
Practical Intelligence
28. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Academic Learning Time
Time-Out
Schemata
Descriptive Grading Scales
29. 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.
Extrinsic Motivation
Subschemata
Difficulty of the Task
Ability
30. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.
Cultural Deficit Theories
Descriptive Statistics
Reinforcer
Object-Relations Theory
31. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Proactive Interference
Observational Learning
Direct Modeling
Human Needs Theory
32. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Instruction
Schemata
33. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.
Simple Moral Education Programs
Perception
Reciprocal Determinism
Achievement Test Battery
34. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Mental Retardation
Community-Based Education Programs
Problem Solving
Maturation
35. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.
Intermittent Retardation
Learning Disabilities
Class Inclusion
Retroactive Interference
36. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Norm Group
Affective Objectives
Invincibility Fallacy
Performance Grading Scales
37. 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
Working or Short-Term Memory
Extensive Retardation
Gender Role
Anxiety Disorders
38. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
Educational Goals
Respondent Behavior
Attribution Theory
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
39. How relevant a test is at face value.
Encoding
Attribution Theory
Face Validity
General (or High-Road) Transfer
40. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.
Subschemata
Demonstrations
Tracking
Group Consequences
41. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil
Attribution Theory
Identity
Working-Backward Strategy
Mental Retardation
42. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Gender Bias
Educational Goals
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Sensory Register
43. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
Attention
Direct instruction
Vicarious Learning
Group Training Experiences
44. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).
Intermittent Retardation
Retrieval
Direct instruction
Preconventional Morality
45. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
Student Team Achievement Decisions
Visual Impairment
Tracking
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
46. 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.
Gender Bias
Contingency Contracting
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Assertive Discipline
47. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Foreclosure
Expository Teaching
Gifted and Talented Children
Luck
48. 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).
Vicarious Learning
Preconventional Morality
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Public Law 94-142
49. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.
Active teaching
Absolute Grading Standards
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
50. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Secondary Reinforcer
Conservation
Code Emphasis Strategy
Response-Cost System