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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. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






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






3. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






4. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






5. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






6. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






7. 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.






8. The total length of the class.






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






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






11. 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






12. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






13. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe






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






15. 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.






16. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






17. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






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






19. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






25. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






27. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






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






29. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






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. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






32. 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 (






33. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






34. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






35. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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 -






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






40. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






41. 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.






42. The use of physical punishment.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






49. How capable one actually is.






50. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as