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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






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






13. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






18. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






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






20. 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.






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






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






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. 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).






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






26. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






27. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






28. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






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






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






31. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






32. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






33. 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.






34. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






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






36. 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.






37. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






38. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






39. 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).






40. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






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






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






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






44. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






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






46. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






47. 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.






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






49. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






50. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.