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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






2. 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 external to the student.






3. 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.






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






5. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






6. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






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






8. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






9. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






10. The sensory register for auditory information.






11. 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.






12. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






13. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






15. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






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. 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






18. 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.






19. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






20. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






21. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






22. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






23. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






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






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






26. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






27. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






28. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






29. 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.






30. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






31. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






32. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






33. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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34. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






35. 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.






36. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






37. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






38. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






39. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






40. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






41. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






48. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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49. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






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






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