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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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1. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.
Validity
Foreclosure
Pervasive Retardation
Internalization
2. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).
IDEAL Strategy
Decay
Cognitive Objectives
Growth Needs
3. 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)
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Social Learning and Expectancy
Metacognition
4. 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.
Decay
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
Confidence Interval
Achievement Motivation
5. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.
Content Validity
Inattention
Competency Tests (or End-of-Grade Tests)
Learning Disabilities
6. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.
Personal Fable
Mastery Grading Scales
Pragmatics
Method of Loci
7. 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.
Achievement Test Battery
Fluency Disorders
Contingency Contracting
Reciprocal Determinism
8. 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.
Long-Term Memory
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Semantic Memory
Perception
9. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.
Response Set
Chunking
Constructivism
Relative Grading Scales (Curving)
10. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.
Procedural Memory
Models (Instruction)
Development
Reliability
11. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Motivation
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Anxiety Disorders
Questioning Techniques
12. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.
Data-Driven Models
Reliability
Phonemes
Models (Observational Learning)
13. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.
Critical pedagogy
Extensive Retardation
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Educational Goals
14. 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
Portfolio
Automaticity
Two-Store Model
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
15. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.
Generalized Reinforcer
Decay
Fluency Disorders
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
16. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.
Static Assessment Approach
Reciprocal Teaching
Accelerated Programs
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
17. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Z-Scores
Corporal Punishment
Cognitive Objectives
Feedback Loop
18. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Synthesized Modeling
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Severe and Profound Retardation
Acronym
19. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.
Inner Speech
Constructivism
Attention
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
20. 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.
Direct instruction
Analytical Intelligence
Personal Fable
Object-Relations Theory
21. 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
Decay
Portfolio
Language System
Operant Behavior
22. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.
Difficulty of the Task
Responsibility
Pragmatics
Reciprocal Determinism
23. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.
Holophrastic Speech
Semantic Memory
Construct Validity
Transformation
24. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.
Operant Behavior
Dyslexia
Achievement Tests
Reciprocal Determinism
25. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Socioeconomic Status
Episodic Memory
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Voice Disorders
26. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo
Active teaching
Luck
Affective Objectives
Z-Scores
27. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.
Law of Effect
Identity Diffusion
Gifted and Talented Children
Type-S Conditioning
28. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.
Real Self-Efficacy
Summative Evaluation
Hearing Impairment
Cultural Deficit Theories
29. 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.
Problem Solving
Ability
At-Risk Students
Token Economy
30. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
Meaning Emphasis Strategy
Hyperactivity
Transitivity
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
31. 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.
Construct Validity
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Phonics Approach
Forgetting
32. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
IDEAL Strategy
Human Needs Theory
Method of Loci
Response-Cost System
33. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Cultural Differences Theories
Type-S Conditioning
Response-Cost System
General Objectives
34. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Secondary Reinforcer
Derived Score
Phonics Approach
Group Training Experiences
35. 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.
Fluency Disorders
Morphemes
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Face Validity
36. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.
Behavioral Theory
Severe and Profound Retardation
Language Experience Strategy
Self-Efficacy
37. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.
Motivation
Psychomotor Objectives
Conventional Morality
Direct Modeling
38. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.
Assertive Discipline
Pervasive Retardation
Chunking
Enrichment Programs
39. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.
Advance Organizer
Z-Scores
Behavioral Theory
Simple Moral Education Programs
40. 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.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Advance Organizer
Hyperactivity
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
41. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.
Metacognition
Assertive Discipline
Standard Error of Estimate
Respondent Behavior
42. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.
At-Risk Students
Psychomotor Objectives
Mental Retardation
Conditioning
43. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.
Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Reinforcer
Simple Moral Education Programs
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
44. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.
Stability
Brainstorming
Phonemes
Invincibility Fallacy
45. The study of the meaning behind words.
Direct Modeling
Primary Reinforcer
Advance Organizer
Semantics
46. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.
attrition
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Language Experience Strategy
Reciprocal Teaching
47. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.
Reciprocal Determinism
Generalized Reinforcer
Corporal Punishment
Confidence Interval
48. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.
Inner Speech
Mental Retardation
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
49. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.
Specific Learning Outcomes
Operant Behavior
Inclusion
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
50. 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.
Confidence Interval
Long-Term Memory
Primary Reinforcer
Phonology
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