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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.
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Gender Role
Law of Effect
Specific Learning Outcomes
2. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Data-Driven Models
Advance Organizer
Rehearsal
Cooing
3. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.
Portfolio
Response Set
Type-R Conditioning
Feedback Loop
4. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Self-Efficacy
Phonics Approach
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
5. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Invincibility Fallacy
Character
Class Inclusion
Metacognition
6. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.
Symbolic Modeling
Object-Relations Theory
Encoding
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
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
Limited Retardation
Observational Learning
Morphemes
Pivotal Response Therapy
8. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Exceptional Learners
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Teaching Efficacy
9. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.
Analogies
Communication
Expository Teaching
Clustering
10. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Learning Disability
Assertive Discipline
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
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.
Taxonomy
Reading
Simple Moral Education Programs
Difficulty of the Task
12. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Direct Modeling
Echoic Storage Register
Development
Enrichment Programs
13. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Analytical Intelligence
Self-Regulation
Means-Ends Analysis
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
Acronym
Epilepsy
Reciprocal Teaching
Hearing Impairment
15. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Ability
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Expressive Disorders
Learning Disabilities
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.
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Reversibility
Responsibility
Advance Organizer
17. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Portfolio
Accelerated Programs
Mental Retardation
Effort
18. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.
Epilepsy
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Intrinsic Motivation
Procedural Memory
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.
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Attribution Theory
Class Inclusion
Functional Fixedness
20. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.
Social Cognition
Stability
Rehearsal
Cooing
21. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Elaborative Encoding
Language Experience Strategy
Gifted and Talented Children
Group Training Experiences
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.
Gifted and Talented Children
General Objectives
Descriptive Statistics
Exhibition
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.
Jigsaw II
Intrinsic Motivation
Deficiency Needs
Shaping
24. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.
Self-Regulation
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Content Validity
25. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.
Public Law 94-142
Identity Diffusion
Group Consequences
Exceptional Learners
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.
Self-Regulation
Moderate Retardation
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Seriation
27. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.
Working-Backward Strategy
Descriptive Grading Scales
Language Experience Strategy
Criterion-Related Validity
28. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Rehearsal
Respondent Behavior
Expected Outcomes
Absolute Grading Standards
29. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Response-Cost System
Cognitive Objectives
Time-Out
Type-S Conditioning
30. The total length of the class.
Invincibility Fallacy
Inattention
Scheduled Time
Premack Principle
31. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.
Respondent Behavior
Norm Group
Law of Effect
Articulation Difficulties
32. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.
Moratorium
Constructivism
Foreclosure
Metacognition
33. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Test Bias
Mental Retardation
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Secondary Reinforcer
34. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
General Exploratory Activities
Jigsaw II
Perception
Identity Achievement
35. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Preconventional Morality
Demonstrations
Learned Helplessness
36. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Static Assessment Approach
Phonics Approach
Guided Discovery
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.
Transitivity
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Receptive Language Disorders
Mastery Grading Scales
38. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.
Babbling
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Conditioning
Character
39. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Learning Disability
Community-Based Education Programs
Hearing Impairment
Reliability
40. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Algorithm
Percentile Scores
Specific Learning Outcomes
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
41. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Receptive Language Disorders
Epilepsy
Ability
Criterion-Related Validity
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 (
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Encoding
Postconventional Morality
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
43. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Concurrent Validity
Analogies
Organization
Automaticity
44. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Cooing
Tracking
Receptive Language Disorders
Standard Error of Estimate
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.
Receptive Language Disorders
Working or Short-Term Memory
Encoding
Criterion-Related Validity
46. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Instruction
Response Set
Articulation Difficulties
Classification
47. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.
Chunking
Premack Principle
Class Inclusion
Steiner-Waldorf Education
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
Working or Short-Term Memory
Syntax
Educational Goals
T-Scores
49. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Intermittent Retardation
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Questioning Techniques
Feedback Loop
50. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Enrichment Programs
Active teaching
Language System
Self-Determination Theory
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