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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. The sensory register for auditory information.






4. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






5. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






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






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






8. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






9. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






10. How relevant a test is at face value.






11. The use of physical punishment.






12. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






13. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






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






15. How capable one actually is.






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






17. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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27. 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.






28. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






29. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






30. 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.






31. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






32. 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 intrinsic to the student.






33. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






34. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






35. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






36. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






40. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






41. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






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






43. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






44. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






45. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






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






47. 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.






48. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






49. 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.






50. 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.