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






2. 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






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






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






5. Those one observes.






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






7. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






14. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






15. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






16. 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.






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






18. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






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






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






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






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






27. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






29. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






30. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






31. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






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






33. 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 unstable and intrinsic to the student.






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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






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






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






42. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






44. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






45. 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).






46. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






47. 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.






48. The sensory register for visual information.






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






50. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.