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






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






3. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






10. The study of the meaning behind words.






11. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






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






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






14. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






15. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






16. Internalized self-talk.






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






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






19. 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






20. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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






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






23. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






24. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






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






26. The results one expects from different behaviors.






27. The study of how students learn and develop.






28. 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






29. 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.






30. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






31. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. 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






37. 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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38. 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.






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






40. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






42. 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.






43. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






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






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






46. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






47. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






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






49. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






50. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.