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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.
attrition
Performance Grading Scales
Elaboration
Demonstrations
2. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Elaborative Encoding
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Foreclosure
3. 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.
Luck
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Effort
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
4. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.
Phonology
Gender Bias
Centration
Phonemes
5. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.
Instructional Objectives
Aptitude Tests
Attention
Conventional Morality
6. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Expository Advance Organizers
Limited Retardation
Two-Store Model
General (or High-Road) Transfer
7. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.
Synthesized Modeling
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Rehearsal
8. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Articulation Difficulties
Algorithm
Vicarious Learning
Mental Retardation
9. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Two-Store Model
Pedagogy
Two-sigma problem
10. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.
Conditioning
Absolute Grading Standards
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Centration
11. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Seriation
Affective Objectives
Concept-Driven Models
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
12. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Behavior Disorders
Models (Instruction)
Problem Solving
Instruction
13. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Standard Error of Estimate
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Achievement Test Battery
14. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Confidence Interval
Anxiety Disorders
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Moderate Retardation
15. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Triarchic Theory
Psychometrics
Working-Backward Strategy
16. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl
Metacognition
Direct instruction
Vicarious Learning
Conservation
17. How capable one actually is.
Real Self-Efficacy
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Episodic Memory
18. 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.
Performance Grading Scales
Long-Term Memory
Encoding
Primary Reinforcer
19. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.
Engaged Time
Contingency Contracting
Brainstorming
Specific Learning Outcomes
20. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.
Achievement Motivation
Class Inclusion
Symbolic Modeling
Proactive Interference
21. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.
Impulsivity
Inclusion
Metacognition
Procedural Memory
22. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Reinforcer
Cooing
Allocated Time
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
23. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Concept-Driven Models
Accelerated Programs
Means-Ends Analysis
Seriation
24. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.
Analytical Intelligence
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Performance Grading Scales
Reciprocal Determinism
25. 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.
Long-Term Memory
Exhibition
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Summative Evaluation
26. 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.
Difficulty of the Task
Achievement Tests
Deficiency Needs
Practical Intelligence
27. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.
Instruction
Two-sigma problem
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Internalization
28. 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.
Inclusion
Norm-Referenced Testing
Jigsaw II
Secondary Reinforcer
29. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Proactive Interference
Absolute Grading Standards
Attention
Reading
30. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.
Cooing
Advance Organizer
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Moderate Retardation
31. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Stability
Achievement Test Battery
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Z-Scores
32. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.
Foreclosure
Pivotal Response Therapy
Achievement Motivation
Holophrastic Speech
33. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Descriptive Grading Scales
Expressive Disorders
Aptitude Tests
Pivotal Response Therapy
34. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.
Models (Observational Learning)
Mastery Grading Scales
Portfolio
Jigsaw II
35. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.
Social Cognition
Dyslexia
At-Risk Students
Decay
36. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.
Time-Out
Premack Principle
IDEAL Strategy
Transfer of Information
37. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Community-Based Education Programs
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Personal Fable
38. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Internalization
Comparative Advance Organizers
T-Scores
39. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Normal Distribution
Articulation Difficulties
Psychometrics
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
40. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.
Semantic Memory
Secondary Reinforcer
Accelerated Programs
Percentile Scores
41. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Public Law 94-142
Procedural Memory
Proactive Interference
42. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.
Character
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Decay
Expected Outcomes
43. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Elaboration
Reliability
Inner Speech
Mastery Learning
44. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Development
Norm-Referenced Testing
Task Analysis
Voice Disorders
45. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.
Learning Disabilities
Forgetting
Hyperactivity
Problem Solving
46. One's self-perception of his or her gender.
Pervasive Retardation
Gender Identity
Procedural Memory
Dynamic Assessment Approach
47. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Classification
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Data-Driven Models
Elaboration
48. 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.
Engaged Time
Vicarious Learning
Instructional Theory
Hyperactivity
49. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
Learning Disability
Time-Out
Attention
Behavior Disorders
50. 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.
Conventional Morality
Method of Loci
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Practical Intelligence