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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 ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






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






3. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -






4. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






5. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






6. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






7. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






8. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






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






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






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






12. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






13. 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).






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






15. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






16. 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.






17. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






18. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






19. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






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






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






22. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






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






24. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






26. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






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






28. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






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. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






31. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






40. 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.






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






42. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






43. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






50. 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.