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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






4. The study of the meaning behind words.






5. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






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






7. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






8. The use of physical punishment.






9. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






10. 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.






11. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






12. Internalized self-talk.






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






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






15. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






16. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






24. 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).






25. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






26. 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.






27. 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 -






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






29. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






30. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






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






32. 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.






33. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






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






35. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






37. 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.






38. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






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






41. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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42. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






43. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






44. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






45. 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.






46. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






47. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






48. 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






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






50. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.