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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. 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
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Summative Evaluation
Triarchic Theory
Reciprocal Teaching
2. 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
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Hearing Impairment
Working or Short-Term Memory
General Objectives
3. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Pragmatics
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Validity
Transitivity
4. 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).
Direct Modeling
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Public Law 94-142
5. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Retroactive Interference
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Identity Diffusion
6. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Gifted and Talented Children
Self-Efficacy
General Exploratory Activities
7. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Tracking
Internal Locus of Control
Echoic Storage Register
Triarchic Theory
8. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Accelerated Programs
Standard Error of Estimate
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Assertive Discipline
9. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Social Cognition
Postconventional Morality
Automaticity
Stability
10. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.
Transitivity
Seriation
Retroactive Interference
Foreclosure
11. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Foreclosure
Reading
Assertive Discipline
Language Experience Strategy
12. 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.
Transformation
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Analogies
13. 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.
Two-sigma problem
Motivation
Retroactive Interference
Method of Loci
14. 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.
Z-Scores
Social Learning and Expectancy
Inattention
Luck
15. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.
Postconventional Morality
Psychomotor Objectives
Inclusion
Summative Evaluation
16. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Real Self-Efficacy
Gender Bias
Algorithm
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
17. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.
Intermittent Retardation
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Withitness
Reliability
18. 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.
Class Inclusion
Cognitive Objectives
Acronym
Synthetic Intelligence
19. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Effort
Pivotal Response Therapy
Norm Group
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
20. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Working-Backward Strategy
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Cognitive Objectives
Summative Evaluation
21. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Inattention
Reversibility
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Schemata
22. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Phonics Approach
Norm Group
Keyword
23. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Exceptional Learners
Expected Outcomes
Self-Regulation
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
24. The sensory register for visual information.
Problem Solving
Iconic Storage Register
Content Validity
Social Cognition
25. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Aptitude Tests
Corporal Punishment
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Morphemes
26. 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.
Extensive Retardation
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Clustering
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
27. 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).
Educational Goals
Mnemonic Devices
Deficiency Needs
Conservation
28. Internalized self-talk.
Code Emphasis Strategy
Inner Speech
Heuristics
Working or Short-Term Memory
29. 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.
Constructivism
Effort
Critical pedagogy
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
30. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Models (Instruction)
Deficiency Needs
Community-Based Education Programs
31. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Hyperactivity
Gender Bias
Receptive Language Disorders
Maturation
32. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
Summative Evaluation
External Locus of Control
Sensory Register
Vicarious Learning
33. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Exceptional Learners
Tracking
Primary Reinforcer
34. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.
Gifted and Talented Children
Foreclosure
Hyperactivity
Perceived Self-Efficacy
35. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Achievement Motivation
Motivation
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Working or Short-Term Memory
36. 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.
Conservation
External Locus of Control
Intrinsic Motivation
Practical Intelligence
37. 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.
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Attribution Theory
Functional Fixedness
38. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.
Academic Learning Time
Direct instruction
Norm Group
Educational Psychology
39. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Working or Short-Term Memory
Problem Solving
Test-Retest Reliability
Achievement Test Battery
40. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.
Hyperactivity
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Face Validity
Expected Outcomes
41. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Internalization
Syntax
Analytical Intelligence
Critical pedagogy
42. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Preconventional Morality
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Elaborative Encoding
Metacognition
43. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Expressive Disorders
Reciprocal Determinism
Advance Organizer
Law of Effect
44. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
Educational Goals
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Forgetting
Real Self-Efficacy
45. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Gender Bias
Organization
Analogies
Transfer of Information
46. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Working-Backward Strategy
Derived Score
Instruction
Enrichment Programs
47. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Socioeconomic Status
Invincibility Fallacy
Absolute Grading Standards
48. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.
Character
Achievement Tests
Vicarious Learning
Mild Retardation
49. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Conditioning
Articulation Difficulties
Community-Based Education Programs
Maturation
50. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.
Academic Learning Time
Primary Reinforcer
Aptitude Tests
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)