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






2. 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 stable and intrinsic to the student.






3. 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.






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






5. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






6. 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.






7. The study of the meaning behind words.






8. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






9. 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






10. Internalized self-talk.






11. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






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






13. 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.






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






15. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






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






25. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






26. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






27. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






28. 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.






29. 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).






30. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






31. 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






32. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






33. 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.






34. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






35. 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).






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






47. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






48. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






49. 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.






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