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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. 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. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






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






4. 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.






5. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






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






8. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






10. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






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






12. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






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






14. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






29. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






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






31. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






32. Relating current information with previous learning.






33. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






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






35. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






37. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






38. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






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






40. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is unstable and intrinsic to the student.






41. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






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






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






44. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






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






46. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






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






48. 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.






49. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






50. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.