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






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






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






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






5. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






6. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






7. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






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






9. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






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






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






12. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






13. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






14. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






15. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






16. 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.






17. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






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






19. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






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






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






22. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






23. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






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






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






26. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






27. 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.






28. The study of how students learn and develop.






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






30. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






31. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






33. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






34. Internalized self-talk.






35. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






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






37. 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.






38. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






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






40. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






41. 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.






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






43. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






44. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






45. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






46. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






47. 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.






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






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






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