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






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






3. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






4. 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.






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






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






7. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






8. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






9. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






10. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






11. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. The study of how students learn and develop.






17. 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.






18. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






19. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






20. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






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






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






23. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






24. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






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






26. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






27. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






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






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






30. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






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






32. 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 -






33. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






34. 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.






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






36. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






37. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






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






39. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






41. The total length of the class.






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






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






44. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






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






46. The inability to retrieve learned information.






47. Those one observes.






48. 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






49. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






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