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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Those one observes.
Heuristics
Expressive Disorders
Models (Observational Learning)
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
2. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Inattention
Confidence Interval
Internalization
3. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.
Retrieval
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Visual Impairment
Performance Grading Scales
4. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.
Law of Effect
Test-Retest Reliability
Constructivism
Accelerated Programs
5. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int
6. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe
Organization
Self-Efficacy
Percentile Scores
Mastery Learning
7. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.
Tracking
Accelerated Programs
Morphemes
Algorithm
8. 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
Instructional Theory
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
IDEAL Strategy
9. 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.
Organization
Maturation
Engaged Time
Socioeconomic Status
10. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.
Pragmatics
Type-S Conditioning
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Instruction
11. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Affective Objectives
Group Training Experiences
Severe and Profound Retardation
Content Validity
12. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.
Reciprocal Determinism
Decay
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Criterion-Referenced Testing
13. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
Achievement Test Battery
Behavior Disorders
Percentile Scores
Identity Achievement
14. Relating new information to that previously learned.
Token Economy
Static Assessment Approach
Elaboration
Anxiety Disorders
15. 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
Shaping
Working or Short-Term Memory
Articulation Difficulties
Accelerated Programs
16. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.
Z-Scores
Heuristics
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Deficiency Needs
17. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Conservation
Educational Psychology
Operant Behavior
Gender Bias
18. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.
Attention
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Limited Retardation
Personal Fable
19. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.
Reversibility
Articulation Difficulties
Syntax
Pivotal Response Therapy
20. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done
Preconventional Morality
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Syntax
Attribution Theory
21. 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.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Absolute Grading Standards
Hearing Impairment
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
22. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Two-Store Model
Assertive Discipline
Mental Retardation
Internalization
23. 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.
Primary Reinforcer
Reversibility
Long-Term Memory
Reliability
24. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Moderate Retardation
Instruction
Performance-Based Test Strategies
25. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.
Models (Instruction)
Direct Modeling
Generative learning
Semantics
26. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.
External Locus of Control
Iconic Storage Register
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Critical pedagogy
27. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.
Identity
Data-Driven Models
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
28. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
Normal Distribution
Instructional Theory
Psychometrics
Luck
29. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.
Secondary Reinforcer
Cultural Deficit Theories
Primary Reinforcer
Pedagogy
30. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Symbolic Modeling
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Type-S Conditioning
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
31. How relevant a test is at face value.
Clustering
Face Validity
Elaborative Encoding
Mastery Grading Scales
32. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Primary Reinforcer
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
Method of Loci
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
33. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.
Human Needs Theory
Growth Needs
Elaboration
Sensory Register
34. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.
Foreclosure
Descriptive Grading Scales
Effort
At-Risk Students
35. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Practical Intelligence
Achievement Motivation
Intermittent Retardation
Gender Role
36. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.
Forgetting
Semantic Memory
Cooing
Identity Achievement
37. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).
Public Law 94-142
Inattention
Moderate Retardation
Reading
38. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Rehearsal
Affective Objectives
Intrinsic Motivation
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
39. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.
Transitional Bilingual Programs
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Reciprocal Teaching
Organization
40. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Semantics
Extensive Retardation
41. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Group Consequences
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Clustering
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
42. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.
Academic Learning Time
Withitness
Self-Regulation
Response-Cost System
43. 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.
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Self-Efficacy
Stability
44. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.
Analogies
Automaticity
Cultural Differences Theories
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
45. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.
General Exploratory Activities
Demonstrations
Carroll's Model of School Learning
Elaboration
46. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Seriation
Working or Short-Term Memory
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
General Objectives
47. 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.
Psychometrics
Performance Grading Scales
Analogies
Impulsivity
48. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
External Locus of Control
Chunking
Cognitive Objectives
49. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.
Long-Term Memory
Constructivism
Achievement Motivation
Character
50. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.
Concurrent Validity
Jigsaw II
Expository Advance Organizers
Moratorium