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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






2. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






4. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






5. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






10. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






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






13. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






14. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






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






16. 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.






17. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






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






24. The use of physical punishment.






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






26. Internalized self-talk.






27. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






33. The sensory register for visual information.






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






35. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






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






37. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






38. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






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






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






41. Relating current information with previous learning.






42. 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).






43. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






44. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






45. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






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






47. The sensory register for auditory information.






48. 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.






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






50. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.