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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as
Pivotal Response Therapy
Two-sigma problem
Foreclosure
Semantic Memory
2. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Mnemonic Devices
Responsibility
Practical Intelligence
3. 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.
Standard Error of Estimate
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Character Education Programs
Taxonomy
4. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Semantics
Questioning Techniques
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Criterion-Related Validity
5. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.
Inclusion
Intrinsic Motivation
Gender Identity
Socioeconomic Status
6. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Models (Instruction)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Formative Evaluation
Retrieval
7. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.
Instructional Objectives
Demonstrations
Corporal Punishment
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
8. Relating current information with previous learning.
Decay
Analogies
Advance Organizer
Articulation Difficulties
9. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.
Advance Organizer
Achievement Test Battery
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
10. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Reinforcer
Metacognition
Law of Effect
11. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
Learning Disability
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Mental Retardation
Direct instruction
12. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Subschemata
Fluency Disorders
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
13. 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.
Norm-Referenced Testing
Standard Error of Estimate
Extrinsic Motivation
Mental Retardation
14. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Means-Ends Analysis
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Functional Fixedness
Expressive Disorders
15. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.
Criterion-Related Validity
Exhibition
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Feedback Loop
16. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Static Assessment Approach
Observational Learning
Communication
Models (Observational Learning)
17. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Rehearsal
Internal Locus of Control
Socioeconomic Status
At-Risk Students
18. 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.
Transitivity
Taxonomy
Proactive Interference
Expressive Disorders
19. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Predictive Validity
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Babbling
20. Bringing information out of long-term memory.
At-Risk Students
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Retrieval
Social Inferences
21. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Invincibility Fallacy
Self-Regulation
Holophrastic Speech
22. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.
Contingency Contracting
Corporal Punishment
Fluency Disorders
Construct Validity
23. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.
Acronym
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Working-Backward Strategy
24. 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.
Expository Teaching
Time-Out
Anxiety Disorders
Conservation
25. 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.
T-Scores
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Construct Validity
Practical Intelligence
26. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Internal Locus of Control
Motivation
27. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.
Instructional Objectives
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Pervasive Retardation
Elaboration
28. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Jigsaw II
Impulsivity
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Concurrent Validity
29. 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
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Direct instruction
Reinforcer
30. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Character Education Programs
Extrinsic Motivation
Descriptive Grading Scales
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
31. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.
Pivotal Response Therapy
Phonology
Object-Relations Theory
Primary Reinforcer
32. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Portfolio
Shaping
Decay
33. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.
Community-Based Education Programs
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Shaping
Means-Ends Analysis
34. 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.
Means-Ends Analysis
Practical Intelligence
Performance Grading Scales
Reciprocal Determinism
35. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Attention
Gender Bias
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Impulsivity
36. 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.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Phonics Approach
Episodic Memory
Seriation
37. 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.
Constructivism
Chunking
Epilepsy
Socioeconomic Status
38. How capable one actually is.
Active teaching
Automaticity
Real Self-Efficacy
Self-Determination Theory
39. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.
Means-Ends Analysis
Invincibility Fallacy
Conservation
Exceptional Learners
40. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Algorithm
Models (Observational Learning)
Heuristics
Derived Score
41. The study of the meaning behind words.
Pivotal Response Therapy
Semantics
Z-Scores
Planned Ignoring
42. Those one observes.
Severe and Profound Retardation
Psychometrics
Learning Disability
Models (Observational Learning)
43. 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.
Expressive Disorders
Formative Evaluation
Babbling
Feedback Loop
44. 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.
Aptitude Tests
Content Validity
Accelerated Programs
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
45. 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.
Iconic Storage Register
Group Training Experiences
Self-Regulation
Method of Loci
46. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Guided Discovery
Analogies
Standard Error of Estimate
Metacognition
47. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.
Character Education Programs
Social Inferences
Community-Based Education Programs
Psychometrics
48. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.
Exceptional Learners
Triarchic Theory
Morphemes
Teaching Efficacy
49. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Human Needs Theory
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Static Assessment Approach
Subschemata
50. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo
Extrinsic Motivation
Episodic Memory
Active teaching
Z-Scores