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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. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






2. The study of the meaning behind words.






3. 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.






4. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






5. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






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






7. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






8. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






9. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






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






11. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






12. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






13. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






14. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






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






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






17. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






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






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






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






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






22. The total length of the class.






23. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






24. 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






25. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






26. 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).






27. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






28. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






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






30. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






31. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






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






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






34. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






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






40. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






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






42. 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.






43. 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).






44. 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 (






45. The sensory register for auditory information.






46. 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.






47. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






48. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






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






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