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






2. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. How capable one actually is.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






10. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






11. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






12. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






13. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






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






15. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






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






17. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






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






23. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






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






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






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






27. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






28. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






29. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






30. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






31. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






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






33. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






34. 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).






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






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






37. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






38. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






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






40. 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.






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






42. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






43. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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).






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






49. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






50. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.







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