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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. 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.






2. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






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






4. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






5. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






6. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






7. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






8. How relevant a test is at face value.






9. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






10. 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.






11. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






12. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






13. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






14. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






16. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






17. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






18. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






19. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






20. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






21. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






22. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






23. Internalized self-talk.






24. The results one expects from different behaviors.






25. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






26. 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.






27. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






28. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






29. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






30. 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






31. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






32. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






33. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






34. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






35. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






36. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






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






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






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






40. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






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






42. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






43. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






44. 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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45. 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.






46. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






47. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






48. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






49. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






50. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.







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