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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.
Reversibility
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Social Inferences
2. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Planned Ignoring
Foreclosure
Metacognition
Engaged Time
3. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.
Vicarious Learning
Decay
Internalization
Character
4. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Phonemes
Psychomotor Objectives
Norm Group
Voice Disorders
5. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Seriation
Critical pedagogy
Episodic Memory
6. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Synthesized Modeling
Extrinsic Motivation
Data-Driven Models
Standard Error of Estimate
7. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.
Contingency Contracting
At-Risk Students
External Locus of Control
Individual and Small-Group Activities
8. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Personal Fable
Time-Out
Response Set
9. The study of the social aspects of language use.
Planned Ignoring
Pragmatics
Corporal Punishment
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
10. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Foreclosure
Seriation
Expected Outcomes
Human Needs Theory
11. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Cooperative Learning
Retrieval
Procedural Memory
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
12. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Pedagogy
Token Economy
Intermittent Retardation
13. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Reading
Behavior Disorders
Percentile Scores
Clustering
14. The sensory register for auditory information.
Planned Ignoring
Echoic Storage Register
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Academic Learning Time
15. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Means-Ends Analysis
Construct Validity
Working-Backward Strategy
16. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Cooing
Pivotal Response Therapy
Morphemes
Gifted and Talented Children
17. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Group Consequences
Language Experience Strategy
Keyword
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
18. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Inattention
Motivation
Automaticity
19. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Allocated Time
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Luck
20. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Planned Ignoring
Development
At-Risk Students
Moderate Retardation
21. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
External Locus of Control
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Self-Regulation
22. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.
Engaged Time
attrition
Pivotal Response Therapy
Observational Learning
23. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Metacognition
Receptive Language Disorders
Group Training Experiences
Percentile Scores
24. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Allocated Time
Visual Impairment
Feedback Loop
25. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
Community-Based Education Programs
Engaged Time
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Learning Disability
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
Chunking
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Generalized Reinforcer
Two-Store Model
27. 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.
Pragmatics
Standard Error of Estimate
Proactive Interference
Keyword
28. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.
Long-Term Memory
Social Inferences
Tracking
Derived Score
29. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Standard Error of Estimate
Foreclosure
Synthesized Modeling
Achievement Test Battery
30. 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.
Self-Determination Theory
Taxonomy
Descriptive Statistics
Means-Ends Analysis
31. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.
Identity Achievement
Proactive Interference
Babbling
Pervasive Retardation
32. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Practical Intelligence
Exceptional Learners
At-Risk Students
Functional Fixedness
33. 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.
Growth Needs
Critical pedagogy
Intrinsic Motivation
Shaping
34. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Maturation
Moderate Retardation
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Models (Instruction)
35. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Type-S Conditioning
Reading
Mild Retardation
36. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.
Schemata
Percentile Scores
Mild Retardation
Descriptive Grading Scales
37. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Absolute Grading Standards
Iconic Storage Register
Responsibility
Reading
38. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Receptive Language Disorders
Jigsaw II
39. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Syntax
Pervasive Retardation
Psychomotor Objectives
Specific Learning Outcomes
40. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Mastery Grading Scales
Enrichment Programs
Instruction
Working or Short-Term Memory
41. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Transfer of Information
Behavior Disorders
Steiner-Waldorf Education
42. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.
Instructional Objectives
Mastery Learning
Percentile Scores
Internal Locus of Control
43. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.
Subschemata
Problem Solving
Exhibition
Instructional Objectives
44. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Inner Speech
Episodic Memory
Direct Modeling
Perceived Self-Efficacy
45. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.
Contingency Contracting
Instructional Objectives
Allocated Time
Organization
46. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Elaboration
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Semantics
Epilepsy
47. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.
Descriptive Grading Scales
Psychomotor Objectives
Operant Behavior
Tracking
48. 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
Pivotal Response Therapy
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Automaticity
Cooing
49. The belief that one gender is better than the other.
Class Inclusion
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Gender Bias
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
50. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.
Behavioral Theory
Student Team Achievement Decisions
Conservation
Secondary Reinforcer
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