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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 kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






2. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






3. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






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






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






6. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






7. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






9. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






15. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






16. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






17. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






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






19. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






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






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






22. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.






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






24. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






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






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






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






28. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe






29. The sensory register for visual information.






30. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






31. 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).






32. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






34. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






35. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






37. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






38. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






39. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






40. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






47. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






48. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.






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






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