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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






3. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






4. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






5. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






6. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






7. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






8. The sensory register for visual information.






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






10. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






11. 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






12. 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.






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






14. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






15. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.






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






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






18. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






19. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






20. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






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






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






23. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






24. The results one expects from different behaviors.






25. 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.






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






27. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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






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






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






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






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






33. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






34. 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.






35. The inability to retrieve learned information.






36. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






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






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






39. 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






40. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






41. 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.






42. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






43. 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.






44. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






45. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






46. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






47. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






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






49. How capable one actually is.






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