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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






3. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






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






5. 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






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






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






8. The sensory register for auditory information.






9. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






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






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






12. 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.






13. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






14. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






16. 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).






17. 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.






18. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






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






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






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






22. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






23. 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.






24. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






25. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






26. 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.






27. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. Relating new information to that previously learned.






32. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






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






34. The study of the social aspects of language use.






35. The results one expects from different behaviors.






36. 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.






37. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






38. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






39. 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.






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






41. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






42. 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.






43. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






44. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






46. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






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






49. A theory which states that how students view the world determines their motivation and behavior. This theory attempts to explain how people account for their successes and failures. In general - students attribute their successes to their innate abil






50. 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.







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