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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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1. 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.






2. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






3. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






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.






5. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






6. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.






7. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






8. 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).






9. Internalized self-talk.






10. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






11. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






12. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






13. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






14. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






15. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






16. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






17. 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






18. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






19. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






20. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






21. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






22. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






23. 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.






24. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






25. 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.






26. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






27. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






28. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






29. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






30. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






31. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






32. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






33. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






34. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






35. The use of physical punishment.






36. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






37. 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






38. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






39. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






40. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






41. The total length of the class.






42. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






43. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






44. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






45. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






46. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






47. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






48. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






49. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






50. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






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