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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. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






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






3. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






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






5. The study of how students learn and develop.






6. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






7. 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 -






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






9. 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.






10. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






11. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






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






14. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






15. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






16. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






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






18. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






19. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






20. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






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






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






23. 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.






24. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






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






26. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






27. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






28. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






36. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






37. How relevant a test is at face value.






38. 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.






39. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






40. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






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






42. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






43. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






44. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






45. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






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






50. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.