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






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






3. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






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






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






6. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






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






8. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






9. 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






10. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






12. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






13. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






17. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






18. 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 stable and intrinsic to the student.






19. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






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






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






22. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






23. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






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






25. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






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






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






29. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






30. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






31. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






32. 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






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






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






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






36. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






37. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






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






39. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






40. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






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






42. The sensory register for visual information.






43. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






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






45. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






46. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






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






48. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






49. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






50. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.







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