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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






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






11. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






12. 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.






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






14. The use of physical punishment.






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






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 Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






17. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






23. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






25. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






30. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






31. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -






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






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






34. 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.






35. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






36. Internalized self-talk.






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






38. The sensory register for auditory information.






39. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






40. 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.






41. 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 external to the student.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Relating current information with previous learning.






46. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






47. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






49. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






50. 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.