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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. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe






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






3. Students with this condition have learned that their efforts are all in vain and have given up trying to study by themselves.






4. Visual images - such as maps - tables - or graphs - which organize information and help consolidate concepts for the students.






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






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 stable and external to the student.






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






8. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






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






10. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.






11. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






12. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






13. 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.






14. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






15. 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.






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






17. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






18. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






19. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






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






21. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






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






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






24. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






25. 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 intrinsic to the student.






26. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






27. 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






28. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






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






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






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






32. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






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






34. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






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






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






37. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






38. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






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






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






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






42. A group of non-progressive motor problems which cause psychical disability. These disorders are caused by injuries to the motor control centers in the brain during birth or early childhood.






43. How capable one actually is.






44. 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.






45. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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