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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 form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






2. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






3. 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.






4. 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


5. 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






6. How capable one actually is.






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






8. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






9. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






10. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






11. 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).






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






13. The use of physical punishment.






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






15. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






16. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






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






18. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






19. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






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






21. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






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






23. 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.






24. The study of how students learn and develop.






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






26. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






27. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






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






34. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






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






36. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






37. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






38. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






39. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






41. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






42. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






43. 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.






44. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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