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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Normal Distribution
Affective Objectives
Real Self-Efficacy
Response-Cost System
2. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.
Invincibility Fallacy
External Locus of Control
Extrinsic Motivation
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
3. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.
Transitivity
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Acronym
4. Those one observes.
Models (Observational Learning)
Luck
Elaboration
Conditioning
5. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.
Reinforcer
Instructional Theory
Allocated Time
Clustering
6. 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.
Phonics Approach
Algorithm
Epilepsy
Socioeconomic Status
7. 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
Time-Out
Severe and Profound Retardation
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
8. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Identity
Development
Descriptive Statistics
Type-S Conditioning
9. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.
Affective Objectives
Synthesized Modeling
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Morphemes
10. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.
Moderate Retardation
Allocated Time
T-Scores
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
11. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.
Feedback Loop
Encoding
WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
Internal Locus of Control
12. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.
attrition
Syntax
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Time-Out
13. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.
Luck
Imaginary Audience Fallacy
Real Self-Efficacy
Mastery Grading Scales
14. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
Triarchic Theory
T-Scores
Descriptive Grading Scales
Effort
15. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.
Elaboration
Cultural Differences Theories
Reversibility
Moderate Retardation
16. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Attention
Models (Observational Learning)
Internal Locus of Control
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
17. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Inattention
Phonology
Two-Store Model
18. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.
Long-Term Memory
Derived Score
Reversibility
Luck
19. The smallest meaningful units in a language.
Pivotal Response Therapy
Morphemes
Generative learning
Student Team Achievement Decisions
20. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Data-Driven Models
Reading
Perception
Direct instruction
21. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Enrichment Programs
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Simple Moral Education Programs
Teaching Efficacy
22. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.
Two-sigma problem
Community-Based Education Programs
Psychometrics
Conventional Morality
23. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.
Deficiency Needs
Academic Learning Time
Aptitude Tests
Clustering
24. 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.
Face Validity
Portfolio
Phonology
Constructivism
25. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Group Consequences
Allocated Time
Phonology
Synthesized Modeling
26. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.
Anxiety Disorders
Instructional Theory
Transformation
Identity Diffusion
27. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.
Gender Role
Social Learning and Expectancy
Moratorium
Ability
28. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Task Analysis
Mental Retardation
Extrinsic Motivation
29. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Growth Needs
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Real Self-Efficacy
30. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.
Pivotal Response Therapy
Split-Half (or Spearman-Brown) Reliability
Mild Retardation
Syntax
31. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Data-Driven Models
Cognitive Objectives
Planned Ignoring
32. 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.
Tracking
Subschemata
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Reliability
33. 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.
Generalized Reinforcer
Subschemata
Seriation
Semantics
34. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Response-Cost System
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Norm-Referenced Testing
Operant Behavior
35. The inability to retrieve learned information.
Inner Speech
Forgetting
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Moderate Retardation
36. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.
Self-Efficacy
Group Consequences
Guided Discovery
Primary Reinforcer
37. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
Working-Backward Strategy
General Exploratory Activities
Gifted and Talented Children
Synthesized Modeling
38. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Mastery Learning
Taxonomy
Character
39. 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
Static Assessment Approach
Operant Behavior
T-Scores
Two-Store Model
40. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.
Social Cognition
Z-Scores
Reliability
Public Law 94-142
41. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
Semantics
Percentile Scores
Articulation Difficulties
42. Disorder affecting a child's sight.
Brainstorming
Foreclosure
Working-Backward Strategy
Visual Impairment
43. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Reciprocal Determinism
Learning Disability
Subschemata
44. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Standard Error of Estimate
Data-Driven Models
Cultural Differences Theories
45. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
Rehearsal
Pedagogy
Forgetting
Limited Retardation
46. 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).
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Inner Speech
Preconventional Morality
Chunking
47. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.
Working-Backward Strategy
Achievement Motivation
Educational Goals
Corporal Punishment
48. 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.
Synthetic Intelligence
Reinforcer
Visual Impairment
Reciprocal Determinism
49. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Mental Retardation
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
IDEAL Strategy
Specific Learning Outcomes
50. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Cooing
Internalization
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Holophrastic Speech
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