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






2. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






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






4. The study of how students learn and develop.






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






6. 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.






7. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






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






9. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.






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






11. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.






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






13. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






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






15. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Those one observes.






22. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






23. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






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






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






26. The study of the meaning behind words.






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






28. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






29. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






30. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






31. 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).






32. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






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






42. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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43. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






44. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






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






46. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






47. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






48. 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.






49. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






50. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.