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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 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.






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






3. 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.






4. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






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






6. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






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






8. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






9. How relevant a test is at face value.






10. 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






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






12. The inability to retrieve learned information.






13. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






14. 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 (






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






16. 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).






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






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






19. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






20. Those one observes.






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






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






23. 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






24. The results one expects from different behaviors.






25. 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.






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






27. The sensory register for auditory information.






28. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






29. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






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






31. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






33. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






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






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






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






37. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






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






39. 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).






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






41. 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






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






43. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






44. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






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






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






47. 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.






48. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






49. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






50. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.