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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






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






3. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






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






5. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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6. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






7. The use of physical punishment.






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






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






10. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






11. 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.






12. The study of how students learn and develop.






13. How relevant a test is at face value.






14. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






15. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






17. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. The study of the meaning behind words.






24. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






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






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






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






28. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






29. The sensory register for auditory information.






30. 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.






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






32. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






33. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






34. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






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






36. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






37. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






39. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






40. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






41. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






43. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






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






45. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






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






48. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.