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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






2. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






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






5. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






6. 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 intrinsic to the student.






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






8. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






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






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






12. The sensory register for auditory information.






13. 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.






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






15. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






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






17. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






18. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






19. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






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






21. 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).






22. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






23. A mnemonic device that creates a sentence based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






24. 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.






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






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






27. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






28. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






29. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






30. 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.






31. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






33. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






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






35. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






36. 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.






37. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






38. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






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






40. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.






41. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






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






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






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






45. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






46. 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.






47. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






48. 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).






49. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






50. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.