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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. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






2. How capable one actually is.






3. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






5. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






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






7. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






8. The study of the social aspects of language use.






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






10. 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.






11. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






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






13. 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.






14. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






15. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






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






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






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






19. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






20. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






31. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






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






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






34. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






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






37. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






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






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






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






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






43. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






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






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






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






47. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






48. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






50. The sensory register for auditory information.