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






2. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.






3. 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.






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






5. 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 external to the student.






6. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






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






8. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






9. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






10. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






11. 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.






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






13. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






14. The total length of the class.






15. 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






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






17. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






18. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






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






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






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






22. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






23. 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.






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






25. Those one observes.






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






27. 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






28. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






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






30. 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.






31. The sensory register for visual information.






32. 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.






33. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






34. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






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






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






37. How relevant a test is at face value.






38. 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.






39. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






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






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






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






43. The results one expects from different behaviors.






44. 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.






45. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






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






47. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






48. 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






49. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






50. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.