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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. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






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






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






4. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






5. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






6. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






7. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






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






9. A disruptive disorder characterized by the underdevelopment of certain traits such as impulse control - leading to inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsiveness. The three types are predominantly hyperactive-impulsive - predominantly inattentive -






10. 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






11. 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.






12. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






13. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






14. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






15. 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






16. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






17. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






18. How relevant a test is at face value.






19. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






20. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






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






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. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






24. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






31. 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.






32. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






33. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






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






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






36. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






37. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






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






39. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






49. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






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