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






2. Those one observes.






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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 (






9. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






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






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






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






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






14. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






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






16. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






17. 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






18. 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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19. The results one expects from different behaviors.






20. 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






21. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






22. Relating current information with previous learning.






23. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






24. 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.






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






26. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






27. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






28. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






29. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






30. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






31. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






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






33. 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.






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






35. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






36. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






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






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






39. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






40. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






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






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






43. 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).






44. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






45. 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.






46. The total length of the class.






47. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






48. The study of how students learn and develop.






49. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






50. 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.