Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






8. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






9. The sensory register for visual information.






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






11. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






12. 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).






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






14. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






15. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






16. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






17. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






24. 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.






25. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






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






27. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






28. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






29. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






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






31. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






32. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






33. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






34. 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.






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 unstable and intrinsic to the student.






36. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






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






39. 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 intrinsic to the student.






40. 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.






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






42. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






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






44. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests