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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.
Behavioral Theory
Educational Psychology
Reliability
Student Team Achievement Decisions
2. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.
Pervasive Retardation
Keyword
Gender Bias
Predictive Validity
3. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.
English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs
Alternate (or Parallel) Forms Reliability
Descriptive Grading Scales
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
4. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.
Motivation
Time-Out
Maturation
Two-Store Model
5. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.
Attention
Problem Solving
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Chunking
6. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.
Specific (or Low-Road) Transfer
Time-Out
Task Analysis
Normal Distribution
7. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Algorithm
Personal Fable
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
8. 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
Retroactive Interference
Group Training Experiences
Active teaching
Intrinsic Motivation
9. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Stability
Jigsaw II
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
10. 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.
Method of Loci
Instructional Theory
Task Analysis
Gender Bias
11. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.
Character
Response-Cost System
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Classification
12. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.
Subschemata
Conservation
Percentile Scores
Shaping
13. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.
Internal Locus of Control
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Episodic Memory
14. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Expository Teaching
Derived Score
Preconventional Morality
Intermittent Retardation
15. The sensory register for auditory information.
Socioeconomic Status
Social Inferences
Echoic Storage Register
Formative Evaluation
16. The total length of the class.
Extrinsic Motivation
Taxonomy
Hyperactivity
Scheduled Time
17. 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.
Inner Speech
Guided Discovery
Cooperative Learning
Reciprocal Determinism
18. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.
Decay
Internal Locus of Control
Models (Observational Learning)
Learning Disabilities
19. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Character Education Programs
Percentile Scores
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Enrichment Programs
20. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.
Functional Fixedness
Intermittent Retardation
Phonology
Critical pedagogy
21. 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.
IDEAL Strategy
Long-Term Memory
Law of Effect
General Exploratory Activities
22. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.
Development
Maturation
Working-Backward Strategy
Public Law 94-142
23. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.
Phonics Approach
Concept-Driven Models
Mnemonic Devices
Advance Organizer
24. One's self-perception of his or her gender.
Whole Language Approach
Expressive Disorders
ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Gender Identity
25. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.
Babbling
Character Education Programs
Code Emphasis Strategy
Intermittent Retardation
26. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.
Percentile Scores
Expressive Disorders
Law of Effect
Educational Goals
27. 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 external to the student.
Mastery Learning
Norm Group
Exhibition
Difficulty of the Task
28. The study of how students learn and develop.
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Educational Psychology
Achievement Test Battery
Zone of Proximal (or Potential) Development
29. 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
Withitness
Feedback Loop
Extrinsic Motivation
Steiner-Waldorf Education
30. 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.
Whole Language Approach
Identity Diffusion
Language System
Hyperactivity
31. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.
Academic Learning Time
Severe and Profound Retardation
Internal Locus of Control
Guided Discovery
32. 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).
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Growth Needs
Reciprocal Teaching
Whole Language Approach
33. 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
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Attribution Theory
Structural Cognitive Modifiability
Two-sigma problem
34. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.
Group Training Experiences
Transformation
Standard Error of Estimate
Inclusion
35. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.
Aptitude Tests
At-Risk Students
General (or High-Road) Transfer
Reciprocal Determinism
36. Disorder affecting a child's sight.
T-Scores
Visual Impairment
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
Functional Fixedness
37. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Receptive Language Disorders
Group Training Experiences
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Severe and Profound Retardation
38. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.
Response Set
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Type-S Conditioning
Reading
39. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.
Behavior Disorders
Working-Backward Strategy
Primary Reinforcer
Group Training Experiences
40. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.
Social Cognition
Morphemes
Transformation
Summative Evaluation
41. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.
Voice Disorders
Difficulty of the Task
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
42. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Behavior Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Achievement Motivation
Derived Score
43. 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.
Hyperactivity
Behavior Disorders
Summative Evaluation
Phonemes
44. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Maturation
Subschemata
Deficiency Needs
45. 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
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
General Exploratory Activities
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
46. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.
Retrieval
Articulation Difficulties
Cooing
Gender Identity
47. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.
Educational Psychology
Portfolio
Psychometrics
Simple Moral Education Programs
48. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.
Semantics
Grade-Level Equivalent Scores
Performance-Based Test Strategies
Educational Goals
49. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.
Data-Driven Models
Expressive Disorders
Achievement Test Battery
Social Cognition
50. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.
Effort
Teaching Efficacy
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Direct instruction