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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






2. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






3. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






4. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






5. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






6. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






7. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






8. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






9. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






10. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






11. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






12. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






13. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






14. 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.






15. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






16. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






17. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






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






19. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






20. 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






21. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






22. 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.






23. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






24. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






25. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






26. 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






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






28. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






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






30. Those one observes.






31. 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.






32. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






33. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






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






35. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






36. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






37. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






38. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






39. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






40. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






41. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






42. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






43. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






44. 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.






45. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






46. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






47. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






48. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






49. Relating new information to that previously learned.






50. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.