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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Reciprocal Determinism
Test Bias
Formative Evaluation
Concept-Driven Models
2. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.
Episodic Memory
Social Inferences
Cooing
Maturation
3. 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.
Ability
Feedback Loop
Aptitude Tests
Analytical Intelligence
4. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.
Object-Relations Theory
Synthetic Intelligence
Token Economy
Summative Evaluation
5. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).
Z-Scores
Respondent Behavior
Preconventional Morality
Shaping
6. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Token Economy
Norm Group
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Self-Regulation
7. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.
Cooperative Learning
Type-R Conditioning
Phonology
Fluency Disorders
8. The sensory register for auditory information.
Echoic Storage Register
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Contingency Contracting
9. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Extrinsic Motivation
Face Validity
Cooing
Instructional Theory
10. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.
Validity
Keyword
Generative learning
Cognitive Objectives
11. 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.
Accelerated Programs
Growth Needs
Articulation Difficulties
Analytical Intelligence
12. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
13. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Preconventional Morality
Achievement Motivation
Social Learning and Expectancy
14. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Development
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Reciprocal Teaching
Simple Moral Education Programs
15. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.
Symbolic Modeling
Character Education Programs
attrition
Social Cognition
16. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Proactive Interference
Procedural Memory
Normal Distribution
Articulation Difficulties
17. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Expected Outcomes
Direct Modeling
Social Cognition
Observational Learning
18. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.
Character
Object-Relations Theory
Mastery Grading Scales
Aptitude Tests
19. Bringing information out of long-term memory.
Retrieval
Ability
Test-Retest Reliability
Two-sigma problem
20. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.
Moderate Retardation
Mild Retardation
Social Cognition
Type-R Conditioning
21. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.
Feedback Loop
Social Inferences
Subschemata
Internal Locus of Control
22. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Centration
Real Self-Efficacy
Synthesized Modeling
Effort
23. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Achievement Tests
Z-Scores
Gifted and Talented Children
24. 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
Psychometrics
Transformation
Secondary Reinforcer
25. The results one expects from different behaviors.
Norm-Referenced Testing
Transitivity
Expected Outcomes
Keyword
26. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Concurrent Validity
Simple Moral Education Programs
Receptive Language Disorders
Phonology
27. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
attrition
Educational Goals
Observational Learning
Intrinsic Motivation
28. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
Learning Disability
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Transformation
29. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.
Hyperactivity
Mental Retardation
Models (Instruction)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
30. 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.
Anxiety Disorders
Dyslexia
Long-Term Memory
Difficulty of the Task
31. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.
Aptitude Tests
Content Validity
Internal Locus of Control
Dynamic Assessment Approach
32. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Cooing
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Voice Disorders
33. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Moratorium
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Effort
34. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.
Functional Fixedness
Development
Rehearsal
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
35. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.
Expressive Disorders
Two-sigma problem
Holophrastic Speech
Taxonomy
36. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b
Language System
Instruction
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Proactive Interference
37. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Internalization
Secondary Reinforcer
Difficulty of the Task
Impulsivity
38. 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 unstable and intrinsic to the student.
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Encoding
Effort
Communication
39. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.
attrition
Norm Group
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Deficiency Needs
40. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.
Code Emphasis Strategy
Chunking
Law of Effect
Identity Achievement
41. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Feedback Loop
Advance Organizer
Instruction
Metacognition
42. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Foreclosure
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Norm-Referenced Testing
Responsibility
43. 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.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Seriation
Attribution Theory
Identity Achievement
44. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Withitness
Elaboration
Scheduled Time
Achievement Tests
45. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Self-Regulation
Retrieval
Two-sigma problem
46. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Reversibility
Criterion-Related Validity
Achievement Motivation
47. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Law of Effect
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Mastery Learning
Response-Cost System
48. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.
Heuristics
Allocated Time
Instruction
Self-Determination Theory
49. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).
Reading
Algorithm
Conventional Morality
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
50. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.
Procedural Memory
Transformation
Confidence Interval
Hearing Impairment