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






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






3. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






4. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






5. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






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






7. 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.






8. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






13. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






14. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






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






16. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






17. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






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






19. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






20. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






21. 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.






22. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






29. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -






30. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






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






32. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






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






34. The total length of the class.






35. 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.






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






37. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






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






39. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






40. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






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






42. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






43. 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.






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






45. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






46. 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






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






48. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






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