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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 total length of the class.






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






3. 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.






4. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






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






6. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






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






18. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






19. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.






20. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






21. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






23. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






28. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






29. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






36. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.






37. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






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






39. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






40. The study of how students learn and develop.






41. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






42. 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).






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






44. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






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






46. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






48. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






49. 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.






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