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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






2. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






3. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






4. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






5. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






6. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






7. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






8. 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.






9. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






10. 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






11. 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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12. 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.






13. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






14. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






15. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






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






17. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






18. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






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






20. The sensory register for auditory information.






21. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






22. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






23. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






24. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






25. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






26. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






27. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






28. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






29. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






30. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






31. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






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






33. The study of the social aspects of language use.






34. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






35. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






36. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






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






38. 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.






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






40. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






41. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






42. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






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






44. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






45. 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.






46. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






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






48. 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.






49. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






50. 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







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