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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. 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.
Ability
Conventional Morality
General Objectives
Language Experience Strategy
2. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.
Achievement Test Battery
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Exceptional Learners
3. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.
Mental Retardation
Long-Term Memory
Generative learning
Pervasive Retardation
4. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.
Clustering
Token Economy
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Guided Discovery
5. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.
Z-Scores
Algorithm
Construct Validity
Responsibility
6. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.
Models (Instruction)
Problem Solving
Internalization
Real Self-Efficacy
7. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.
Identity Achievement
Classification
Self-Determination Theory
Inclusion
8. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Elaboration
Z-Scores
9. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
T-Scores
Long-Term Memory
Vicarious Learning
Aptitude Tests
10. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.
Real Self-Efficacy
Primary Reinforcer
Inattention
Algorithm
11. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Retrieval
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Respondent Behavior
Internalization
12. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Analytical Intelligence
Motivation
Personal Fable
Engaged Time
13. The study of how students learn and develop.
Automaticity
Synthetic Intelligence
Educational Psychology
Expected Outcomes
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
Reciprocal Teaching
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Responsibility
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
15. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Test Bias
Internal Locus of Control
Character Education Programs
Growth Needs
16. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.
Personal Fable
Internalization
Subschemata
Pivotal Response Therapy
17. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Algorithm
Affective Objectives
Cultural Differences Theories
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
18. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.
Analytical Intelligence
Visual Impairment
Inclusion
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
19. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Reversibility
Tracking
Operant Behavior
Allocated Time
20. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.
Normal Distribution
Intrinsic Motivation
Norm Group
Descriptive Statistics
21. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
Elaboration
Procedural Memory
Working-Backward Strategy
Metacognition
22. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
IDEAL Strategy
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Secondary Reinforcer
Social Cognition
23. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Echoic Storage Register
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Dyslexia
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
24. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.
Code Emphasis Strategy
Primary Reinforcer
Educational Goals
Vicarious Learning
25. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Schemata
Questioning Techniques
Epilepsy
26. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Semantics
Contingency Contracting
Mental Retardation
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
27. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.
Phonemes
Semantics
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Social Inferences
28. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Heuristics
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Models (Instruction)
Subschemata
29. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Epilepsy
Organization
Feedback Loop
Phonemes
30. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl
Mastery Learning
Direct instruction
Class Inclusion
Communication
31. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
Rehearsal
Elaborative Encoding
Face Validity
Subschemata
32. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Organization
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
Feedback Loop
Vicarious Learning
33. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.
Stability
Gender Role
Learned Helplessness
Achievement Motivation
34. 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
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Internal Locus of Control
Attribution Theory
Primary Reinforcer
35. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.
Descriptive Grading Scales
Character Education Programs
Norm-Referenced Testing
Corporal Punishment
36. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
General Exploratory Activities
Task Analysis
Articulation Difficulties
T-Scores
37. 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.
Contingency Contracting
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Transformation
Advance Organizer
38. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.
Two-sigma problem
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Self-Regulation
Identity
39. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Internalization
Taxonomy
Cultural Deficit Theories
Models (Instruction)
40. The study of the meaning behind words.
Instruction
Semantics
Language System
Social Cognition
41. Disorder affecting a child's sight.
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Visual Impairment
Learned Helplessness
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
42. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.
Sensory Register
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Gender Identity
attrition
43. Bringing information out of long-term memory.
Schemata
Retrieval
Practical Intelligence
Simple Moral Education Programs
44. 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
Comparative Advance Organizers
Instructional Theory
Working or Short-Term Memory
Type-S Conditioning
45. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Expository Advance Organizers
Identity
46. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Syntax
Algorithm
Dyslexia
Models (Instruction)
47. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.
Cooperative Learning
Active teaching
Cognitive Objectives
Validity
48. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Transfer of Information
Maturation
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Elaboration
49. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.
Phonology
Human Needs Theory
Reading
Group Consequences
50. Repeating information in the same way it was received.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Intermittent Retardation
Simple Moral Education Programs
Automaticity