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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.
Holophrastic Speech
Validity
Absolute Grading Standards
Morphemes
2. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -
Inclusion
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Development
Vicarious Learning
3. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Organization
Maturation
Pedagogy
Reinforcer
4. 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.
Norm Group
Character Education Programs
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Reciprocal Determinism
5. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Construct Validity
Normal Distribution
Questioning Techniques
6. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Self-Efficacy
Mental Retardation
Rehearsal
Extrinsic Motivation
7. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Generative learning
Algorithm
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
8. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (
Pragmatics
Performance Grading Scales
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Postconventional Morality
9. The study of the meaning behind words.
Triarchic Theory
Instructional Theory
Expository Teaching
Semantics
10. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).
Semantics
Generalized Reinforcer
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Preconventional Morality
11. 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.
Two-Store Model
Identity Diffusion
Self-Determination Theory
Scheduled Time
12. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.
Retroactive Interference
Pedagogy
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
At-Risk Students
13. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.
Intrinsic Motivation
Normal Distribution
At-Risk Students
Gifted and Talented Children
14. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.
Decay
Retrieval
Attention
Advance Organizer
15. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Taxonomy
Inner Speech
Difficulty of the Task
Classification
16. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Observational Learning
Static Assessment Approach
17. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Forgetting
Operant Behavior
Construct Validity
Reinforcer
18. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Law of Effect
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
19. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.
Retrieval
Mental Retardation
Reciprocal Determinism
Behavioral Theory
20. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Group Consequences
Inner Speech
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Dual Coding Hypothesis
21. Repeating information in the same way it was received.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
attrition
Pragmatics
22. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.
Impulsivity
Character
Moratorium
Symbolic Modeling
23. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
General Exploratory Activities
Synthetic Intelligence
24. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.
Personal Fable
Transformation
Growth Needs
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
25. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.
Social Cognition
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Confidence Interval
Community-Based Education Programs
26. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Respondent Behavior
Intermittent Retardation
Response Set
Symbolic Modeling
27. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Moderate Retardation
Synthesized Modeling
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Schemata
28. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Inclusion
Proactive Interference
Face Validity
29. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Mental Retardation
Concurrent Validity
Feedback Loop
Responsibility
30. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.
Normal Distribution
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Primary Reinforcer
Invincibility Fallacy
31. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Mental Retardation
Dyslexia
Vicarious Learning
Synthetic Intelligence
32. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Invincibility Fallacy
Schemata
Phonics Approach
Episodic Memory
33. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.
Two-sigma problem
Demonstrations
Brainstorming
Withitness
34. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Articulation Difficulties
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Postconventional Morality
Active teaching
35. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.
Feedback Loop
Anxiety Disorders
Deficiency Needs
Performance-Based Test Strategies
36. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Schemata
Syntax
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Problem Solving
37. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.
Brainstorming
Holophrastic Speech
Individual and Small-Group Activities
T-Scores
38. 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 intrinsic to the student.
Moratorium
Intermittent Retardation
Effort
Test Bias
39. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Babbling
Learning Disability
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
40. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Cultural Differences Theories
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Advance Organizer
Receptive Language Disorders
41. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Problem Solving
Summative Evaluation
Perception
42. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Allocated Time
Expository Advance Organizers
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Transitivity
43. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Keyword
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Expressive Disorders
Primary Reinforcer
44. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.
Foreclosure
Withitness
Mild Retardation
Shaping
45. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Concurrent Validity
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Practical Intelligence
Normal Distribution
46. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Feedback Loop
Instructional Theory
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Psychomotor Objectives
47. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Reciprocal Determinism
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Extensive Retardation
48. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Accelerated Programs
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Intermittent Retardation
Behavioral Theory
49. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.
Inner Speech
Achievement Tests
Assertive Discipline
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
50. 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.
Corporal Punishment
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Two-sigma problem