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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. 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.






2. 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.






3. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






4. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






5. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






6. How capable one actually is.






7. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






8. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






10. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






11. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






12. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






17. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






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






19. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






20. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






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






26. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






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






28. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






29. 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.






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






31. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






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






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






34. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






35. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






36. 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.






37. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






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






39. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






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






41. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






42. 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






43. 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.






44. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






45. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






46. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






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






48. 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.






49. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






50. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.