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






2. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






3. 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).






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






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






6. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






13. The sensory register for visual information.






14. 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






15. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






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






17. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






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






19. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






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






21. Those one observes.






22. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






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






24. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






35. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






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






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






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






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






41. The use of physical punishment.






42. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






44. 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).






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






46. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






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






48. 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.






49. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






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