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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. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






2. 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.






3. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






4. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






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






6. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






7. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






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






9. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






14. The total length of the class.






15. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






16. Relating new information to that previously learned.






17. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






18. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






19. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






20. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






21. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






22. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






24. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






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






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






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






28. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






29. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






30. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






32. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






33. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






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






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






36. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






37. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






38. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






40. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






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






42. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






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






44. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.






45. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






46. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






47. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






48. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






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






50. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.