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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. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






2. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






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






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






5. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






6. 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






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






8. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






9. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






16. 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.






17. 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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18. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






19. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






20. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






21. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






22. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. The sensory register for auditory information.






26. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






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






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






29. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






30. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






31. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






32. 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.






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






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






35. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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






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






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






39. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






40. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






41. 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.






42. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






43. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






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






45. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






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






47. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






48. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






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






50. 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.