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






2. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






3. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






4. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which relies on the student's experiences and language ability. The student will dictate a story to an adult - who will write it down and then have the child read the dictated story.






5. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






6. The ability to think about multiple objects at the same time and discern relationships between them. According to Piaget - children in the concrete operational stage of development develop this skill.






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






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






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






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






11. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






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






13. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






14. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






15. 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.






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






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






18. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






19. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






27. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






28. 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.






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






30. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






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






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






33. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






34. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






35. Internalized self-talk.






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






37. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






38. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






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






40. An approach to teaching reading that encourages children to monitor their own reading comprehension. After reading - students will summarize in their own words what they just read - ask questions about the text to find the main points - clarify anyth






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






42. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






43. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






44. 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).






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






46. The study of how students learn and develop.






47. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






48. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






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






50. 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.