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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. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






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






3. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






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






5. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






6. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






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






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






9. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






10. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






11. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






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






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






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






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






16. The use of physical punishment.






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






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






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. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






21. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






22. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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23. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






24. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






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






26. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






27. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






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






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






30. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






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






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






33. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






35. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






36. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






37. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






38. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






39. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






40. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






41. The inability to retrieve learned information.






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






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






44. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






45. Internalized self-talk.






46. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






48. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






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