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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






2. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






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






4. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






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






6. 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.






7. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done






8. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






9. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 35 and 49.






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






11. 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






12. All sources that contribute to a student's learning. This term includes the teacher - the textbook - the principal - and any others who promote education.






13. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






14. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






15. 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.






16. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






17. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






18. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






20. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






21. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






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






23. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






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






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






26. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






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






28. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






32. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






33. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






34. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






35. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






36. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






37. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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 external to the student.






45. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






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






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






48. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






49. 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.






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






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