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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. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






2. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






3. 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 -






4. 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.






5. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






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






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






8. 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






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






10. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






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






12. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






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






14. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






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






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






17. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






18. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






19. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






20. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






21. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






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






23. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






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






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






26. 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.






27. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






28. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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29. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






30. 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.






31. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






32. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






33. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






40. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






41. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






42. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






43. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






44. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






45. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.






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






47. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






48. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






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






50. 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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