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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 needing daily help and support in school.






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






3. 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).






4. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






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






6. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






7. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






8. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






9. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






10. 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.






11. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






12. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






13. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is stable and intrinsic to the student.






14. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






15. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






16. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






17. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






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






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






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






21. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






22. The use of physical punishment.






23. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






24. The total length of the class.






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






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






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






28. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






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






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






31. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






32. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






33. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. How capable one actually is.






38. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






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






40. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.






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






42. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






48. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






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






50. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.







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