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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






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






3. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






4. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






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






6. 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.






7. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






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






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






10. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






11. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






24. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






25. The total length of the class.






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






27. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






28. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






30. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






31. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






32. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






33. 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.






34. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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).






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






41. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






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






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






44. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






45. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






46. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






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






48. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






49. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






50. 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 -