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






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






10. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






11. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






12. 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.






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






15. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






16. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






17. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






18. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






20. 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.






21. The inability to retrieve learned information.






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






23. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






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






25. 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.






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






27. How capable one actually is.






28. 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.






29. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






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






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






35. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






36. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






37. 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.






38. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






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






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






42. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






43. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.






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






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






46. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






47. 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






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






49. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






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