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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






2. 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.






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. 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.






5. 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).






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






7. The sensory register for auditory information.






8. 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






9. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






10. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






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






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






13. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






14. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






15. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






16. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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






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






19. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






21. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






22. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






23. How relevant a test is at face value.






24. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






25. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






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






27. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






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






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






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






37. The total length of the class.






38. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






39. The study of the meaning behind words.






40. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






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






42. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






43. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






44. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






45. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






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






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






49. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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