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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






2. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






3. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






4. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






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






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






7. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






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






9. 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.






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






11. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






12. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






13. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






14. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






21. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






22. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






23. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






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






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






26. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






27. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






28. 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 intrinsic to the student.






29. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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30. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






31. 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.






32. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






33. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






34. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






35. 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).






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






37. 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).






38. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.






39. 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






40. 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 (






41. 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).






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






43. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






44. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






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






46. 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 external to the student.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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