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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 intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






2. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.






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






4. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






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






6. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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7. 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.






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. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






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






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






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






13. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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






15. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






16. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






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






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






20. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






21. 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






22. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






23. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






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. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






31. 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.






32. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






33. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






34. The inability to retrieve learned information.






35. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






36. 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.






37. The total length of the class.






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






39. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






41. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






42. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






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






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






45. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






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






48. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






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






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