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






2. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






3. 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.






4. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






5. The use of physical punishment.






6. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






7. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






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






9. 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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10. 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






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






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






13. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






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






15. The total length of the class.






16. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






17. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






18. 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.






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






20. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






21. 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.






22. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.






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






24. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






25. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






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






27. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






32. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.






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






34. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






35. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






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






37. The inability to retrieve learned information.






38. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






39. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






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






41. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






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






43. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






45. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






46. 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).






47. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






48. 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.






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






50. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.