Praxis PLT 5623 Exam Questions
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Abraham Maslow - ✔✔Developed the Hierarchy of Needs, which he theorized to be
the unconscious desires that motivate people
accommodations - ✔✔provide student access to the same curriculum as their grade-
level peers, but information is presented in a different way
Albert Bandura - ✔✔Canadian psychologist who developed the social learning theory
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔prohibits discrimination based on
disabilities; in schools, this includes activities that take place both on and off campus,
including athletics and extracurricular activities
attribution theory - ✔✔internal is assumed when other people make mistakes or are
victims, since individuals tend to see others as a predictable stereotype; when an
individual makes a mistake, he or she tends to view the cause as external
B.F. Skinner - ✔✔expanded on operant conditioning but focused on responding to
environment in lieu of responding to stimuli
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - ✔✔conversational English
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,Benjamin Bloom - ✔✔contributed to the taxonomy of educational objectives and the
theory of mastery learning
classic conditioning - ✔✔this practice involves learning a response to stimuli or the
environment
classical conditioning - ✔✔a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a reflex response
through conditioning
code-switching - ✔✔happens when students slip into native language while speaking
their second language or vice versa
cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) - ✔✔a student's ability to comprehend
academic vocabulary in English
cognitive disabilities - ✔✔impairments in intellectual functioning and adaptive
behavior
cognitive dissonance theory - ✔✔uneasiness is felt when an individual has conflicting
thoughts
cognitive domain - ✔✔deals with acquiring intellect; the ways students process new
information, store knowledge, and retrieve it to apply to new circumstances fall within
this domain
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, cognitive processes - ✔✔involve acquiring new knowledge and skills and being able to
apply new learning to new situaitons and draw conclusions from it
differentiation - ✔✔means providing curricula for students based on their individual
needs, including learning styles and level
divergent thinkers - ✔✔people who think more deeply and differently from other
people
Edward Thorndike - ✔✔his research initially led to operant conditioning; his learning
laws include the law of effect, the law of readiness, and the law of exercise
engage - ✔✔inspiring interest or motivation
English-language learner (ELL) - ✔✔students whose native language is not English
English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - ✔✔objectives that not only support
ESL instruction but also increase students' academic readiness in the content areas
Erik Erikson - ✔✔his theory of psychosocial development focuses on reconciling
individual needs with the needs of society through stages
exceptionality - ✔✔strength or weakness in academic functioning that requires extra
attention to meet the needs of the student
extrinsic motivation - ✔✔an external reward
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Abraham Maslow - ✔✔Developed the Hierarchy of Needs, which he theorized to be
the unconscious desires that motivate people
accommodations - ✔✔provide student access to the same curriculum as their grade-
level peers, but information is presented in a different way
Albert Bandura - ✔✔Canadian psychologist who developed the social learning theory
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔prohibits discrimination based on
disabilities; in schools, this includes activities that take place both on and off campus,
including athletics and extracurricular activities
attribution theory - ✔✔internal is assumed when other people make mistakes or are
victims, since individuals tend to see others as a predictable stereotype; when an
individual makes a mistake, he or she tends to view the cause as external
B.F. Skinner - ✔✔expanded on operant conditioning but focused on responding to
environment in lieu of responding to stimuli
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) - ✔✔conversational English
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,Benjamin Bloom - ✔✔contributed to the taxonomy of educational objectives and the
theory of mastery learning
classic conditioning - ✔✔this practice involves learning a response to stimuli or the
environment
classical conditioning - ✔✔a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a reflex response
through conditioning
code-switching - ✔✔happens when students slip into native language while speaking
their second language or vice versa
cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) - ✔✔a student's ability to comprehend
academic vocabulary in English
cognitive disabilities - ✔✔impairments in intellectual functioning and adaptive
behavior
cognitive dissonance theory - ✔✔uneasiness is felt when an individual has conflicting
thoughts
cognitive domain - ✔✔deals with acquiring intellect; the ways students process new
information, store knowledge, and retrieve it to apply to new circumstances fall within
this domain
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, cognitive processes - ✔✔involve acquiring new knowledge and skills and being able to
apply new learning to new situaitons and draw conclusions from it
differentiation - ✔✔means providing curricula for students based on their individual
needs, including learning styles and level
divergent thinkers - ✔✔people who think more deeply and differently from other
people
Edward Thorndike - ✔✔his research initially led to operant conditioning; his learning
laws include the law of effect, the law of readiness, and the law of exercise
engage - ✔✔inspiring interest or motivation
English-language learner (ELL) - ✔✔students whose native language is not English
English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) - ✔✔objectives that not only support
ESL instruction but also increase students' academic readiness in the content areas
Erik Erikson - ✔✔his theory of psychosocial development focuses on reconciling
individual needs with the needs of society through stages
exceptionality - ✔✔strength or weakness in academic functioning that requires extra
attention to meet the needs of the student
extrinsic motivation - ✔✔an external reward
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