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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. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.






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






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






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






5. 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).






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. 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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13. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






14. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






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






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






17. 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.






18. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






19. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






20. 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.






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






22. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






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






24. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






25. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






30. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






31. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






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






33. 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.






34. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






35. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






36. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






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






38. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






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






40. The study of the social aspects of language use.






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






42. 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.






43. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






44. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






45. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. The study of how students learn and develop.