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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






2. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






3. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.






4. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






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






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






7. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






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






9. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






10. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






11. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






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






13. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






14. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






15. Relating new information to that previously learned.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






19. 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.






20. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






21. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






22. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






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






24. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






25. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






26. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






27. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






28. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






29. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






30. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. The use of physical punishment.






35. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






39. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






40. 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






41. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






42. 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 unstable and intrinsic to the student.






43. 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.






44. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






45. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






47. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






48. The sensory register for auditory information.






49. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






50. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.