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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. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






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






8. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






9. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






10. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






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






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






13. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






14. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






15. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






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






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






18. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






19. Internalized self-talk.






20. 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).






21. 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 intrinsic to the student.






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






23. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






24. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






25. A level of moral reasoning guided by adherence to overarching moral principles - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 5 (realization that one is part of a large society where everyone deserves rights) and stage 6 (






26. 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.






27. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






28. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






29. The results one expects from different behaviors.






30. 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.






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






32. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






33. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






34. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






35. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






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






37. 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.






38. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






39. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






40. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






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






42. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.






43. The inability to retrieve learned information.






44. 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.






45. A type of cooperative learning where students will be divided into teams and each student will be responsible for some aspect of a project.






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






47. 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.






48. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






49. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






50. 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.