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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. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






2. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






3. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






4. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






5. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






6. The inability to retrieve learned information.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






11. 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.






12. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






13. 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






14. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






16. The total length of the class.






17. 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






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






19. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






20. The study of how students learn and develop.






21. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






22. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






23. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






24. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.






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






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






27. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






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






29. Those one observes.






30. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






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






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






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






35. 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 external to the student.






36. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






37. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






38. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






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






40. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






41. 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.






42. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






49. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






50. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.