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






2. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






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






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






5. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






6. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






7. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






8. 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.






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






11. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






14. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






15. The results one expects from different behaviors.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






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






20. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






21. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






22. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






23. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






24. 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






25. The study of the meaning behind words.






26. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






27. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






28. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






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






31. 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.






32. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






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






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






35. 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






36. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






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






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






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






40. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






42. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






43. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






44. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






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






46. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






47. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






48. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






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






50. 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).