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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Cultural Deficit Theories
Direct Modeling
2. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.
Descriptive Statistics
Expository Advance Organizers
IDEAL Strategy
Development
3. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.
Academic Learning Time
Episodic Memory
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Stability
4. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro
Demonstrations
Triarchic Theory
Analogies
Cooperative Learning
5. 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).
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Transfer of Information
Group Training Experiences
attrition
6. 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.
Social Inferences
Taxonomy
Pervasive Retardation
Aptitude Tests
7. 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.
Summative Evaluation
Models (Instruction)
Comparative Advance Organizers
Language Experience Strategy
8. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Respondent Behavior
Object-Relations Theory
External Locus of Control
Assertive Discipline
9. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Direct Modeling
Self-Regulation
Synthesized Modeling
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
10. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.
Jigsaw II
Static Assessment Approach
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Pragmatics
11. 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.
Learned Helplessness
Human Needs Theory
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Criterion-Referenced Testing
12. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Communication
Learned Helplessness
Seriation
Respondent Behavior
13. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Human Needs Theory
Respondent Behavior
Subschemata
Attention
14. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.
Learning Disabilities
Token Economy
Guided Discovery
Individual and Small-Group Activities
15. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Group Consequences
Behavior Disorders
Performance Grading Scales
Anxiety Disorders
16. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Identity
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Class Inclusion
17. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Gifted and Talented Children
Language System
Expository Advance Organizers
Enrichment Programs
18. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Phonemes
Affective Objectives
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Cooing
19. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.
Gender Bias
Class Inclusion
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Transitional Bilingual Programs
20. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Instruction
Schemata
Socioeconomic Status
Planned Ignoring
21. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.
Character Education Programs
Instruction
Cognitive Objectives
Summative Evaluation
22. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.
Test Bias
Foreclosure
Data-Driven Models
Internal Locus of Control
23. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Elaboration
Morphemes
Advance Organizer
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
24. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.
Models (Instruction)
Stability
Keyword
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
25. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Analogies
Face Validity
Mastery Learning
26. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for
Respondent Behavior
Two-Store Model
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Problem Solving
27. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Achievement Tests
Decay
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
28. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Problem Solving
Subschemata
29. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Perception
Personal Fable
Norm Group
Visual Impairment
30. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.
Severe and Profound Retardation
Z-Scores
Personal Fable
Token Economy
31. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Centration
Brainstorming
Expressive Disorders
32. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.
Transformation
Intrinsic Motivation
Maturation
Mastery Learning
33. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.
Active teaching
Whole Language Approach
Language Experience Strategy
Contingency Contracting
34. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Generative learning
Response Set
Communication
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
35. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Elaboration
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Attention
36. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
Working-Backward Strategy
Standard Error of Estimate
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Motivation
37. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.
Inattention
Real Self-Efficacy
Responsibility
Critical pedagogy
38. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Data-Driven Models
Identity
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Inclusion
39. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a
Hearing Impairment
Gender Bias
Group Training Experiences
Generative learning
40. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Portfolio
Critical pedagogy
Conventional Morality
Mastery Grading Scales
41. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Chunking
Normal Distribution
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
42. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
Demonstrations
Practical Intelligence
Generalized Reinforcer
Socioeconomic Status
43. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.
Cooperative Learning
Construct Validity
Expository Advance Organizers
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
44. 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.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Observational Learning
Working or Short-Term Memory
Teaching Efficacy
45. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Type-R Conditioning
Cooing
Maturation
46. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Questioning Techniques
Moratorium
Absolute Grading Standards
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
47. 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.
Syntax
Inattention
Identity
Learning Disabilities
48. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Organization
Group Training Experiences
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Predictive Validity
49. 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.
Performance Grading Scales
Concept-Driven Models
Expressive Disorders
Instructional Theory
50. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Law of Effect
Keyword
Preconventional Morality
Maturation