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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. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is unstable and intrinsic to the student.






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






3. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






4. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






5. 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.






6. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






7. 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






8. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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






13. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






14. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






15. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






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






17. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






18. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






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






20. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






21. 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.






22. One of the characteristics in Attribution Theory a student will use to figure out why his or her actions had the outcome they did. This characteristic is unstable and external to the student.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






28. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






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






30. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






31. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






32. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






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






34. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






35. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






36. The total length of the class.






37. The sensory register for auditory information.






38. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






39. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






40. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






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






43. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






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






45. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






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






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






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






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






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