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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






2. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






3. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






4. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






5. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






7. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






8. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






9. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






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






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 unstable and external to the student.






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






13. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






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






21. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






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






23. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






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






25. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






26. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe






27. The use of physical punishment.






28. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






30. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






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






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






39. 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.






40. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






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






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






43. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






44. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






45. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






50. 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).







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