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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. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






2. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






3. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






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






5. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






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






7. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






8. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






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






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






11. 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






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






13. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






14. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






15. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






20. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






21. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






22. The sensory register for visual information.






23. 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.






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






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






26. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






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. 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. The study of the social aspects of language use.






30. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






31. 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






32. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






33. Relating current information with previous learning.






34. 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.






35. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.






36. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






37. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






38. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.






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






40. 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.






41. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






42. 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).






43. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






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






45. 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.






46. 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).






47. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






48. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






50. 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.