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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. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






2. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






3. 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.






4. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






5. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






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






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






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






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






10. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






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






16. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.






17. 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






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






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






20. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






21. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






23. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






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






31. 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.






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






33. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






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






35. 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.






36. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






37. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






38. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






39. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






40. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






41. 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.






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






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






44. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






46. 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






47. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






48. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






49. 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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50. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.