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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 requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






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






3. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






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






5. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






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






7. 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.






8. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






9. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






10. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






11. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






20. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






21. Relating current information with previous learning.






22. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






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






24. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






25. 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






26. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






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






28. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






30. 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.






31. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






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






33. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






35. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






36. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






37. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






38. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






39. The study of how students learn and develop.






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






41. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






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






43. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






44. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






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






46. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






47. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






48. 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).






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






50. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus