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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






2. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






3. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






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






5. The study of how students learn and develop.






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






7. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






8. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






9. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






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






11. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






12. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






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






14. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






16. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






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






22. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






23. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






24. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






25. 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.






26. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






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






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






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






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






38. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.






39. 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.






40. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






41. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






42. 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.






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






44. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






45. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






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






47. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






48. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






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






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