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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.
Behavioral Theory
Foreclosure
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Identity Achievement
2. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.
attrition
Luck
Phonology
Hyperactivity
3. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Z-Scores
Identity Diffusion
Preconventional Morality
Community-Based Education Programs
4. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.
Criterion-Related Validity
Self-Determination Theory
Motivation
Models (Observational Learning)
5. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.
Synthesized Modeling
Exceptional Learners
Norm Group
Reciprocal Teaching
6. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.
Organization
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Criterion-Related Validity
Learned Helplessness
7. Internalized self-talk.
Reliability
Automaticity
Object-Relations Theory
Inner Speech
8. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.
Working or Short-Term Memory
Psychomotor Objectives
Exhibition
Cognitive Objectives
9. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Extensive Retardation
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Forgetting
10. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
Development
Retroactive Interference
Triarchic Theory
Normal Distribution
11. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Pervasive Retardation
Derived Score
Assertive Discipline
12. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Comparative Advance Organizers
Social Learning and Expectancy
13. Disorder affecting a child's sight.
Echoic Storage Register
External Locus of Control
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Visual Impairment
14. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.
Hyperactivity
Schemata
Elaboration
Triarchic Theory
15. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Classification
Elaborative Encoding
Method of Loci
Impulsivity
16. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Corporal Punishment
Primary Reinforcer
Descriptive Statistics
Public Law 94-142
17. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.
Reading
Holophrastic Speech
Elaborative Encoding
Analogies
18. 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
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Triarchic Theory
19. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Extensive Retardation
Test-Retest Reliability
General Exploratory Activities
20. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.
Mental Retardation
Pivotal Response Therapy
Summative Evaluation
Criterion-Related Validity
21. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.
Constructivism
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Response Set
Gender Identity
22. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.
Foreclosure
Cooperative Learning
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Language System
23. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.
Performance Grading Scales
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Predictive Validity
Formative Evaluation
24. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Type-S Conditioning
Language System
Two-sigma problem
Schemata
25. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Limited Retardation
Descriptive Statistics
Test Bias
26. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Cooing
Learning Disability
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
27. 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 (
Reciprocal Determinism
Deficiency Needs
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Postconventional Morality
28. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Intermittent Retardation
Two-sigma problem
Organization
Problem Solving
29. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.
Proactive Interference
Descriptive Statistics
Centration
Self-Determination Theory
30. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.
IDEAL Strategy
Mastery Grading Scales
Human Needs Theory
Predictive Validity
31. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Derived Score
Models (Instruction)
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Gifted and Talented Children
32. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.
Mnemonic Devices
Cooperative Learning
Inner Speech
Social Cognition
33. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Foreclosure
Method of Loci
Cultural Differences Theories
Transitivity
34. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.
Face Validity
Working-Backward Strategy
Self-Determination Theory
At-Risk Students
35. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Morphemes
Attention
Behavior Disorders
36. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Extrinsic Motivation
Learning Disability
Comparative Advance Organizers
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
37. 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
Two-Store Model
Gender Identity
Attribution Theory
Criterion-Referenced Testing
38. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Cooperative Learning
Secondary Reinforcer
Symbolic Modeling
Whole Language Approach
39. 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 intrinsic to the student.
Formative Evaluation
Aptitude Tests
Enrichment Programs
Ability
40. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Anxiety Disorders
Personal Fable
Instruction
Automaticity
41. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Cultural Deficit Theories
Reciprocal Determinism
Motivation
42. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Achievement Test Battery
Pervasive Retardation
Cultural Deficit Theories
Difficulty of the Task
43. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.
Metacognition
Contingency Contracting
Impulsivity
Achievement Motivation
44. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Contingency Contracting
Active teaching
Affective Objectives
Expected Outcomes
45. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).
Growth Needs
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Semantics
Descriptive Grading Scales
46. How capable one actually is.
IDEAL Strategy
Real Self-Efficacy
Elaborative Encoding
Transitivity
47. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.
Achievement Motivation
Aptitude Tests
Phonics Approach
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
48. 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.
Acronym
Epilepsy
Mastery Grading Scales
Socioeconomic Status
49. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Portfolio
Concurrent Validity
Reliability
Community-Based Education Programs
50. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.
Human Needs Theory
Two-sigma problem
Maturation
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
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