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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Norm-Referenced Testing
Motivation
Babbling
Type-S Conditioning
2. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.
Tracking
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Rehearsal
Two-sigma problem
3. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.
Episodic Memory
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Guided Discovery
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
4. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.
Pervasive Retardation
Active teaching
Mastery Learning
Confidence Interval
5. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Reliability
Voice Disorders
Learning Disabilities
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
6. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Primary Reinforcer
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Foreclosure
Language System
7. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.
Epilepsy
Achievement Motivation
Semantics
Individual and Small-Group Activities
8. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for
Two-Store Model
Fluency Disorders
Foreclosure
Responsibility
9. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Cognitive Objectives
Reinforcer
Syntax
Preconventional Morality
10. The study of the meaning behind words.
Semantics
Learning Disability
Pivotal Response Therapy
Inner Speech
11. 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
IDEAL Strategy
Vicarious Learning
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
12. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Percentile Scores
Retroactive Interference
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Simple Moral Education Programs
13. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Conservation
Formative Evaluation
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Respondent Behavior
14. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.
Schemata
Observational Learning
Self-Regulation
Character
15. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Concurrent Validity
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Contingency Contracting
Premack Principle
16. Internalized self-talk.
Object-Relations Theory
Exceptional Learners
Inner Speech
Extensive Retardation
17. One's self-perception of his or her gender.
Models (Instruction)
Reciprocal Determinism
Gender Identity
Severe and Profound Retardation
18. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Babbling
Constructivism
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Static Assessment Approach
19. 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
Encoding
Working or Short-Term Memory
Portfolio
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
20. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.
Conservation
Receptive Language Disorders
Absolute Grading Standards
Two-sigma problem
21. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Problem Solving
Algorithm
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Achievement Test Battery
22. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Achievement Test Battery
Working or Short-Term Memory
Metacognition
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
23. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a
Time-Out
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Generative learning
24. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.
Mastery Learning
Reliability
Community-Based Education Programs
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
25. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Premack Principle
Episodic Memory
Keyword
Schemata
26. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Responsibility
Content Validity
Mental Retardation
Expected Outcomes
27. The study of how students learn and develop.
Automaticity
Educational Psychology
Brainstorming
Guided Discovery
28. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Deficiency Needs
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Reinforcer
29. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Practical Intelligence
Affective Objectives
Problem Solving
Human Needs Theory
30. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Operant Behavior
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Performance Grading Scales
31. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.
Identity
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Rehearsal
Psychometrics
32. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Proactive Interference
Internalization
Two-Store Model
Receptive Language Disorders
33. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.
Self-Regulation
Norm-Referenced Testing
Sensory Register
Luck
34. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Analogies
Seriation
Synthetic Intelligence
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
35. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
Behavioral Theory
Analytical Intelligence
Transfer of Information
T-Scores
36. 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
Pivotal Response Therapy
Mental Retardation
Primary Reinforcer
Articulation Difficulties
37. 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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38. 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.
Communication
Instructional Theory
Behavioral Theory
Functional Fixedness
39. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.
Instructional Theory
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Achievement Motivation
40. Relating current information with previous learning.
Construct Validity
Seriation
Analogies
Educational Goals
41. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.
Internalization
Retrieval
Predictive Validity
Inattention
42. 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.
Tracking
Token Economy
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Teaching Efficacy
43. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.
Self-Efficacy
Pedagogy
Observational Learning
Response-Cost System
44. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Expressive Disorders
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Gender Role
45. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Cooing
Maturation
Fluency Disorders
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
46. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Working or Short-Term Memory
Questioning Techniques
Self-Efficacy
Voice Disorders
47. 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.
Inattention
Encoding
Working or Short-Term Memory
Learned Helplessness
48. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Attention
Anxiety Disorders
Z-Scores
Receptive Language Disorders
49. 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.
Social Cognition
Static Assessment Approach
Portfolio
Socioeconomic Status
50. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.
Attention
Cultural Deficit Theories
Personal Fable
Advance Organizer