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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 amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






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






3. A condition where a test consistently provides an inaccurate score due to some property of the test taker - such as gender - socioeconomic status - or race.






4. Internalized self-talk.






5. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






6. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






7. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






8. 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.






9. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






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






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






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






13. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






14. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






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






17. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






18. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






19. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






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






21. 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.






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






23. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






24. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






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






26. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






27. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






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






29. How capable one actually is.






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






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






32. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






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






34. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






35. Those one observes.






36. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






37. 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.






38. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






39. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






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






41. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






42. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






43. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






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






45. 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.






46. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.






47. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






48. The sensory register for auditory information.






49. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






50. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.