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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. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






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






3. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






4. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






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






15. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






27. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






28. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






29. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






30. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






31. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






32. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






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






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






36. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






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






38. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. The sensory register for visual information.






45. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






50. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.