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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How relevant a test is at face value.






2. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






3. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






4. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






5. 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.






6. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






7. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






8. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






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






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






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






12. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






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






29. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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






31. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






32. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






33. 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.






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






35. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






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






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






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






39. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






40. 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






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






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






43. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






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






46. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






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






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






49. 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.






50. The smallest meaningful units in a language.