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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






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






3. Internalized self-talk.






4. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






5. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






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






7. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






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






9. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






10. 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.






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






12. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






13. 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).






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






20. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






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. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






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






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






38. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






39. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






40. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






41. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






42. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






43. 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.






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






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






46. The study of the meaning behind words.






47. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






48. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






49. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






50. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.