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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






2. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






3. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






5. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






6. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






7. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






8. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






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






10. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






18. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






19. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






20. 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.






21. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






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






23. Academic programs where students are taught basic information and then allowed to progress at their own pace. This type of program is used for gifted children.






24. The use of physical punishment.






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






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






27. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






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






29. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ between 50 and 69.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






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






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






38. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






39. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






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






41. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






42. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






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






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






45. 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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46. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






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






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






49. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






50. The total length of the class.