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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. 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
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Method of Loci
2. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Retroactive Interference
Behavior Disorders
Elaboration
Transitivity
3. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
Reinforcer
Mnemonic Devices
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Test-Retest Reliability
4. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.
Transitivity
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Object-Relations Theory
Synthetic Intelligence
5. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Personal Fable
Instructional Theory
Models (Instruction)
Organization
6. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil
Organization
Learned Helplessness
Attribution Theory
Language Experience Strategy
7. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.
Cooperative Learning
Tracking
Pivotal Response Therapy
Primary Reinforcer
8. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Reciprocal Determinism
Transformation
Models (Instruction)
Identity Achievement
9. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
Shaping
Teaching Efficacy
Normal Distribution
Seriation
10. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Two-Store Model
Inclusion
11. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Response Set
Voice Disorders
Reciprocal Determinism
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
12. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Affective Objectives
Simple Moral Education Programs
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
13. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Reliability
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Receptive Language Disorders
External Locus of Control
14. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.
Mastery Learning
Reciprocal Teaching
Premack Principle
Models (Observational Learning)
15. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Psychomotor Objectives
Questioning Techniques
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Standard Error of Estimate
16. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.
Gender Identity
Questioning Techniques
Learned Helplessness
Type-R Conditioning
17. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.
Inclusion
Development
At-Risk Students
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
18. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Clustering
Learning Disabilities
Primary Reinforcer
Long-Term Memory
19. 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.
Secondary Reinforcer
Functional Fixedness
Deficiency Needs
Seriation
20. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Cultural Differences Theories
Attribution Theory
Reversibility
Contingency Contracting
21. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.
Cooing
Percentile Scores
Extensive Retardation
Two-sigma problem
22. 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.
Tracking
Socioeconomic Status
Extensive Retardation
Gender Role
23. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Classification
Comparative Advance Organizers
24. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
Subschemata
Confidence Interval
Tracking
Extrinsic Motivation
25. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.
Mental Retardation
Social Cognition
Analogies
Guided Discovery
26. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Educational Goals
Psychomotor Objectives
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Articulation Difficulties
27. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.
Instruction
Cultural Deficit Theories
Response Set
Reinforcer
28. The study of the meaning behind words.
Type-S Conditioning
Premack Principle
Acronym
Semantics
29. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Law of Effect
Extensive Retardation
Cognitive Objectives
Achievement Motivation
30. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.
Mild Retardation
Standard Error of Estimate
Forgetting
Dynamic Assessment Approach
31. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.
Derived Score
Stability
Means-Ends Analysis
Models (Observational Learning)
32. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Clustering
Centration
33. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.
Content Validity
Constructivism
Conditioning
Absolute Grading Standards
34. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.
Triarchic Theory
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Instruction
Operant Behavior
35. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.
Centration
External Locus of Control
Metacognition
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
36. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Problem Solving
Identity Achievement
Affective Objectives
Elaborative Encoding
37. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Severe and Profound Retardation
Gender Bias
Morphemes
Triarchic Theory
38. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Analogies
General Exploratory Activities
Personal Fable
Dynamic Assessment Approach
39. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Expository Teaching
Echoic Storage Register
Behavioral Theory
Expressive Disorders
40. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Token Economy
Seriation
Extensive Retardation
Respondent Behavior
41. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.
Means-Ends Analysis
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Schemata
Visual Impairment
42. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Corporal Punishment
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Demonstrations
Z-Scores
43. 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.
Enrichment Programs
Achievement Motivation
Gifted and Talented Children
Generalized Reinforcer
44. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Mastery Learning
Observational Learning
Concept-Driven Models
Iconic Storage Register
45. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Anxiety Disorders
Responsibility
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
46. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Moderate Retardation
Derived Score
Concurrent Validity
Questioning Techniques
47. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Criterion-Related Validity
Models (Instruction)
Synthesized Modeling
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
48. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Chunking
Language Experience Strategy
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
49. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Concept-Driven Models
Comparative Advance Organizers
Normal Distribution
50. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.
Episodic Memory
Respondent Behavior
Extensive Retardation
Test Bias