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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.






2. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






3. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






4. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






5. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






6. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






7. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






8. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






9. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






10. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






11. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






12. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






13. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






14. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






15. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






16. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






17. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






18. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






19. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.






20. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






21. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






22. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






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






24. 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 (






25. 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).






26. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






27. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






28. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






29. 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.






30. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






31. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






32. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






33. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






34. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






35. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






36. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






37. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






38. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






39. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






40. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






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






42. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






43. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






44. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






45. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






46. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






47. 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.






48. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






49. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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