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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. 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.






2. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






3. The inability to retrieve learned information.






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






5. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






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






7. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






8. The results one expects from different behaviors.






9. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






10. 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






11. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






12. 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.






13. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






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






15. 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 external to the student.






16. 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.






17. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






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






19. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






25. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






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






27. 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 -






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






29. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






30. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






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






32. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






33. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






34. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






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






36. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






37. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






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






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






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






41. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






42. 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.






43. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






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






45. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






47. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






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






49. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






50. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.