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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






2. 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.






3. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






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






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






8. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






9. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






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






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






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






13. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






15. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. The use of physical punishment.






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






22. 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.






23. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






24. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






25. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






26. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






33. Relating new information to that previously learned.






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






35. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






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






37. 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.






38. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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 -






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






47. 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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48. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






49. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






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