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






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






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






4. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






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






6. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






7. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






9. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






10. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






11. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






12. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






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






14. 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).






15. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






16. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






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






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






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






20. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






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






23. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






24. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






25. How capable one actually is.






26. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






30. 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






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






32. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






33. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






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






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






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






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






39. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






40. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






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






42. The total length of the class.






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






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






45. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






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






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






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






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