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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






2. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






3. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






4. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






5. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






6. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






7. 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






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






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






10. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






11. 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 stable and external to the student.






12. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






13. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






14. 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






15. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






16. 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.






17. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






18. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






19. 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.






20. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






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






22. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






23. 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.






24. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






25. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






26. 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.






27. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






28. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






30. The total length of the class.






31. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






32. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






33. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






34. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






35. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






36. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






37. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






39. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






40. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






41. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






42. 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 (






43. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






44. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






45. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






46. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






47. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






48. 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






49. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






50. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






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