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






2. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. The results one expects from different behaviors.






9. 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.






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






11. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






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






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






14. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






15. 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.






16. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






17. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






18. 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






19. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






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






21. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






22. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






23. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






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






25. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






31. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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32. 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).






33. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






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






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






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






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






38. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






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






41. 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






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






43. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






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






45. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






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






47. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






48. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






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






50. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.