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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Standard Error of Estimate
Human Needs Theory
Long-Term Memory
Face Validity
2. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Generative learning
Conditioning
Mild Retardation
Expository Teaching
3. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.
Mental Retardation
Proactive Interference
Norm-Referenced Testing
Behavioral Theory
4. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Jigsaw II
Syntax
Cooing
Gender Identity
5. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.
Analogies
Response Set
Decay
Automaticity
6. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Summative Evaluation
Reliability
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Planned Ignoring
7. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
attrition
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Whole Language Approach
Working-Backward Strategy
8. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Holophrastic Speech
Group Training Experiences
Development
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
9. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Extrinsic Motivation
Decay
Law of Effect
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
10. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Metacognition
Character
Psychomotor Objectives
Working-Backward Strategy
11. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.
Intermittent Retardation
Reciprocal Teaching
Student Team Achievement Decisions
Clustering
12. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.
Academic Learning Time
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
T-Scores
Norm Group
13. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.
Real Self-Efficacy
Conditioning
Schemata
Learning Disability
14. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Mastery Learning
Standard Error of Estimate
Comparative Advance Organizers
Motivation
15. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Advance Organizer
Tracking
Enrichment Programs
16. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Inattention
Class Inclusion
Engaged Time
Concurrent Validity
17. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.
Operant Behavior
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Derived Score
Task Analysis
18. The inability to retrieve learned information.
Language System
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Encoding
Forgetting
19. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.
Construct Validity
Reliability
Concurrent Validity
Dyslexia
20. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
T-Scores
Hearing Impairment
Character Education Programs
21. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.
Learning Disability
Responsibility
Construct Validity
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
22. 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.
Subschemata
Cultural Differences Theories
Long-Term Memory
attrition
23. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Type-S Conditioning
Predictive Validity
Syntax
Gender Bias
24. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.
Attribution Theory
Aptitude Tests
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Synthetic Intelligence
25. 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
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Rehearsal
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Formative Evaluation
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.
Postconventional Morality
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Premack Principle
Token Economy
27. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.
Accelerated Programs
Intrinsic Motivation
Clustering
Performance-Based Test Strategies
28. 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
Direct instruction
Secondary Reinforcer
Reading
29. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.
Steiner-Waldorf Education
At-Risk Students
Rehearsal
Morphemes
30. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Pedagogy
Two-sigma problem
Direct instruction
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
31. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.
Affective Objectives
Phonemes
Hearing Impairment
Personal Fable
32. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.
Identity
Individual and Small-Group Activities
At-Risk Students
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
33. 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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34. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Whole Language Approach
Attribution Theory
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
35. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Learning Disability
Organization
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
36. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.
Response Set
Decay
Achievement Test Battery
Learning Disability
37. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.
Organization
Moratorium
Epilepsy
Primary Reinforcer
38. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.
Heuristics
Response-Cost System
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
39. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.
Cognitive Objectives
Intermittent Retardation
Identity Diffusion
Critical pedagogy
40. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Organization
Algorithm
Derived Score
Classification
41. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.
Observational Learning
Pragmatics
Phonemes
Reciprocal Determinism
42. 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).
Social Inferences
Deficiency Needs
Analogies
Educational Psychology
43. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro
Triarchic Theory
At-Risk Students
Data-Driven Models
Construct Validity
44. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Acronym
Derived Score
Heuristics
Development
45. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Human Needs Theory
Communication
Engaged Time
Confidence Interval
46. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Direct Modeling
Law of Effect
Real Self-Efficacy
Hyperactivity
47. 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.
Human Needs Theory
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Active teaching
Psychomotor Objectives
48. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Psychometrics
Episodic Memory
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Data-Driven Models
49. 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.
Withitness
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Comparative Advance Organizers
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
50. 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.
Instructional Theory
Functional Fixedness
Automaticity
Carroll's Model of School Learning