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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.
Questioning Techniques
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Respondent Behavior
2. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Real Self-Efficacy
Feedback Loop
Primary Reinforcer
Norm-Referenced Testing
3. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.
Normal Distribution
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Epilepsy
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
4. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Symbolic Modeling
Character
Operant Behavior
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
5. 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
Sensory Register
attrition
Attribution Theory
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
6. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.
Questioning Techniques
Critical pedagogy
Conditioning
Secondary Reinforcer
7. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.
Inner Speech
Portfolio
Concept-Driven Models
Phonology
8. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.
Phonics Approach
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Functional Fixedness
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
9. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.
Specific Learning Outcomes
Phonemes
External Locus of Control
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
10. The sensory register for auditory information.
Rehearsal
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Echoic Storage Register
11. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Practical Intelligence
Intrinsic Motivation
Phonics Approach
12. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Method of Loci
Language System
Character Education Programs
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
13. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Summative Evaluation
Forgetting
Internal Locus of Control
General Objectives
14. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Norm Group
Demonstrations
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Enrichment Programs
15. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.
Direct Modeling
IDEAL Strategy
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Brainstorming
16. The study of how students learn and develop.
Educational Psychology
Mnemonic Devices
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Mild Retardation
17. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Functional Fixedness
Working or Short-Term Memory
Test Bias
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
18. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Descriptive Statistics
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Reliability
Educational Goals
19. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.
Norm Group
Automaticity
Standard Error of Estimate
Character
20. 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
Identity Diffusion
Response-Cost System
Dual Coding Hypothesis
21. Bringing information out of long-term memory.
Triarchic Theory
Community-Based Education Programs
Retrieval
Data-Driven Models
22. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.
Character
Descriptive Grading Scales
Procedural Memory
Organization
23. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.
Communication
Long-Term Memory
Organization
Impulsivity
24. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Criterion-Related Validity
Working-Backward Strategy
25. 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.
Respondent Behavior
General Objectives
Means-Ends Analysis
Transformation
26. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
Primary Reinforcer
T-Scores
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Comparative Advance Organizers
27. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Norm-Referenced Testing
Stability
Instructional Objectives
28. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Two-sigma problem
Intermittent Retardation
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Student Team Achievement Decisions
29. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.
Chunking
Type-R Conditioning
Transfer of Information
Forgetting
30. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
Group Consequences
Learning Disability
Personal Fable
Carroll's Model of School Learning
31. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.
Reciprocal Teaching
Articulation Difficulties
Static Assessment Approach
Construct Validity
32. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.
Perceived Self-Efficacy
Pragmatics
Expected Outcomes
Character
33. Relating current information with previous learning.
Holophrastic Speech
Retroactive Interference
Automaticity
Analogies
34. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.
Time-Out
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Steiner-Waldorf Education
35. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.
Proactive Interference
Seriation
Concurrent Validity
Educational Goals
36. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
Planned Ignoring
Response-Cost System
Dyslexia
37. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Morphemes
Cooing
Extensive Retardation
Assertive Discipline
38. 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)
Character Education Programs
Retrieval
Semantic Memory
39. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.
Accelerated Programs
Response-Cost System
Pragmatics
Organization
40. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Gender Identity
Instructional Theory
Moderate Retardation
41. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).
Generative learning
Working or Short-Term Memory
Effort
Transfer of Information
42. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.
Cooing
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Retroactive Interference
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
43. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Derived Score
Intermittent Retardation
Pragmatics
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
44. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.
Jigsaw II
Gifted and Talented Children
Mental Retardation
Achievement Motivation
45. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.
Predictive Validity
Group Training Experiences
Clustering
Mental Retardation
46. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.
Automaticity
Inclusion
Questioning Techniques
Face Validity
47. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Morphemes
Teaching Efficacy
Hearing Impairment
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
48. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Respondent Behavior
Socioeconomic Status
Vicarious Learning
Perception
49. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Means-Ends Analysis
Data-Driven Models
Moderate Retardation
Gender Identity
50. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.
Community-Based Education Programs
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Criterion-Related Validity
Models (Instruction)