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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 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






2. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






3. 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






4. 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.






5. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






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






7. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






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






9. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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10. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






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






12. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






13. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






14. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






15. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






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






17. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






18. The sensory register for auditory information.






19. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






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






21. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






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






23. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






24. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






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






26. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






27. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






28. 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.






29. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






31. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






33. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






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






35. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






36. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






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






41. 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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42. 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.






43. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






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






45. 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






46. The study of how students learn and develop.






47. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






48. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






49. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






50. The inability to retrieve learned information.