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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






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






3. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






4. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






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






7. Internalized self-talk.






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






9. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






10. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






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






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






13. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






14. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






15. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






17. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






18. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






19. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






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






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






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






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






24. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.






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






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






27. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






28. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






29. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






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






31. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






32. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






33. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






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






35. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






36. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






37. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






38. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






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






41. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






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






43. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






44. The results one expects from different behaviors.






45. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






46. How capable one actually is.






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






48. 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.






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






50. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.







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