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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






4. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






5. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






6. 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






7. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






8. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






9. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






10. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






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






12. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






13. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






14. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






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






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






17. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.






24. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






25. Internalized self-talk.






26. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






27. 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.






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






29. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






30. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






31. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






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






38. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






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






41. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






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






43. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






44. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






45. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






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






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






48. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






49. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






50. 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).