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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. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






2. 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






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






4. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






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






6. 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.






7. How relevant a test is at face value.






8. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.






9. The study of the meaning behind words.






10. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






12. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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13. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






14. Those one observes.






15. 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.






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






17. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






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






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






20. The sensory register for auditory information.






21. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






22. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






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. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






26. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






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






28. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






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






30. Internalized self-talk.






31. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






32. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






33. The results one expects from different behaviors.






34. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






35. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






36. 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).






37. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






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






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






40. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






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






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






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






49. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






50. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.