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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. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






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






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






5. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






6. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






7. 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






8. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






10. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






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






12. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






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






25. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






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






27. 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.






28. All of the orderly changes which help a person better adapt to the surrounding environment.






29. A level of identity status where the adolescent is actively trying out different beliefs - behaviors - and lifestyles to discover his or her identity.






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






31. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






32. 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.






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






34. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






35. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






36. The inability to retrieve learned information.






37. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






38. 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.






39. 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






40. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






41. An approach to teaching reading which emphasizes the ability to decode words - involving rules for learning phonemes.






42. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






43. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






44. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






45. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






46. The total length of the class.






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






48. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






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






50. Relating current information with previous learning.