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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. 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.






2. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






4. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






5. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






6. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






7. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






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






9. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






10. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






11. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






12. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






13. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






14. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






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






16. How capable one actually is.






17. 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






18. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






19. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






26. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






27. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






28. Relating new information to that previously learned.






29. Relating current information with previous learning.






30. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






31. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






32. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






33. 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.






34. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






35. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






36. 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.






37. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






38. 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.






39. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






40. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






41. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






42. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






43. 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.






44. 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).






45. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






46. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






47. 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.






48. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






49. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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