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






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






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






4. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






5. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






6. 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






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






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






9. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






10. 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.






11. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






12. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






13. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






14. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






15. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






16. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






17. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






18. The use of physical punishment.






19. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






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






21. 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.






22. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






23. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






24. 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.






25. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






26. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






34. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






35. Relating new information to that previously learned.






36. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






37. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






38. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






39. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






40. 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.






41. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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 intrinsic to the student.






46. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






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






48. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






49. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






50. 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.