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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






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






3. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






4. The study of the social aspects of language use.






5. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






6. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






7. The sensory register for auditory information.






8. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.






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






10. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






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






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






14. 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.






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 Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






16. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






17. 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






22. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






23. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






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






30. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






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






32. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






33. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






34. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






35. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






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






37. 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 (






38. 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.






39. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






40. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






41. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. The study of how students learn and develop.






45. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






46. 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






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






48. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






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






50. 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.