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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. Those one observes.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






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






9. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






10. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






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






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






15. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






16. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






17. 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).






18. The total length of the class.






19. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.






20. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






21. 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 stable and external to the student.






22. A mnemonic device that creates a shorthand based on the first letter of each word in a set to be memorized.






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






24. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






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






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






27. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






28. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






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






30. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






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






32. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






33. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






37. 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.






38. The inability to retrieve learned information.






39. The sensory register for auditory information.






40. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






41. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






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






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






44. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






45. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.






46. The results one expects from different behaviors.






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






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






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






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