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






2. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






3. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






4. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






5. 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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6. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






7. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






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






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






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






11. The study of how students learn and develop.






12. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






13. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






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






15. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






17. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






18. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






20. 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).






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






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






23. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






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






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






36. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






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






38. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






39. 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.






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






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






43. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






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






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






46. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






48. 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






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






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