SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
clep
,
teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.
Conditioning
Internal Locus of Control
Iconic Storage Register
Character Education Programs
2. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.
Postconventional Morality
Synthesized Modeling
Syntax
Inattention
3. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.
Mental Retardation
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Public Law 94-142
Expository Teaching
4. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.
Criterion-Referenced Testing
Learning Disabilities
Reciprocal Teaching
Extrinsic Motivation
5. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.
Criterion-Related Validity
Acronym
Symbolic Modeling
Phonology
6. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.
Models (Observational Learning)
Reversibility
External Locus of Control
Language System
7. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.
Enrichment Programs
Identity
Engaged Time
Holophrastic Speech
8. 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.
Kuder-Richardson Reliability
Z-Scores
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
Absolute Grading Standards
9. A kind of forgetting where previously learned information interferes with the retrieval of new information.
Self-Determination Theory
Gender Role
Proactive Interference
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
10. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.
Language Experience Strategy
Reciprocal Teaching
Character Education Programs
Performance-Based Test Strategies
11. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).
Brainstorming
Centration
Conventional Morality
Postconventional Morality
12. An intelligence test for adults used most commonly in clinical settings.
Advance Organizer
Dynamic Assessment Approach
WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
Percentile Scores
13. 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.
WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Acrostic Mnemonic Device
Self-Talk (or Private Speech)
14. 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.
Character
Hyperactivity
Token Economy
Test-Retest Reliability
15. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
Models (Instruction)
Z-Scores
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Discovery Learning (or Guided Learning or Constructivism)
16. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.
Derived Score
Pedagogy
Content Validity
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
17. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.
Expository Teaching
Whole Language Approach
Identity
Receptive Language Disorders
18. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.
Invincibility Fallacy
Simple Moral Education Programs
Perception
Episodic Memory
19. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.
Group Consequences
Subschemata
Practical Intelligence
Guided Discovery
20. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.
Transitivity
Generalized Reinforcer
Tracking
Cultural Differences Theories
21. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.
Practical Intelligence
Expository Advance Organizers
Intermittent Retardation
Validity
22. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.
Reading
Babbling
Concept-Driven Models
Token Economy
23. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.
Time-Out
Deficiency Needs
Visual Impairment
Learned Helplessness
24. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.
Severe and Profound Retardation
Reciprocal Teaching
Jigsaw II
Effort
25. A teaching method developed by Feuerstein where the teacher will intervene between the student and the learning task. In this method - the teacher will help the student make inferences about the world based on different experiences. This can be done
Clustering
Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE)
Fluency Disorders
Data-Driven Models
26. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.
Operant Behavior
Allocated Time
Response-Cost System
Maintenance or Rote Rehearsal
27. The total length of the class.
Character Education Programs
Scheduled Time
Absolute Grading Standards
Dual Coding Hypothesis
28. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.
Direct Modeling
Clustering
Subschemata
Self-Determination Theory
29. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.
Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD)
Allocated Time
Transitivity
Internalizing Behavior Disorders
30. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.
Conservation
Speech and Language Communication Disorders
Vicarious Learning
Educational Goals
31. The inability to retrieve learned information.
Achievement Tests
Forgetting
Babbling
Triarchic Theory
32. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.
Learned Helplessness
Taxonomy
Reciprocal Teaching
Phonemes
33. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.
Test Bias
Jigsaw II
Structure of Intellect (SOI)
Stanine (STAndard NINE)
34. 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.
Assertive Discipline
Expository Teaching
Long-Term Memory
Development
35. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.
Constructivism
Fluency Disorders
Norm Group
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
36. 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.
Dynamic Assessment Approach
Reciprocal Determinism
Advance Organizer
Comparative Advance Organizers
37. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.
Long-Term Memory
Foreclosure
Feedback Loop
Accelerated Programs
38. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.
Effort
Sensory Register
Student Team Achievement Decisions
Character
39. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.
Contingency Contracting
Law of Effect
Academic Learning Time
Socioeconomic Status
40. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.
Identity
Pedagogy
Public Law 94-142
Development
41. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.
Limited Retardation
Conventional Morality
Constructivism
Demonstrations
42. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.
Derived Score
Comparative Advance Organizers
Dual Coding Hypothesis
Reciprocal Teaching
43. The sensory register for auditory information.
Moderate Retardation
Analytical Intelligence
Extensive Retardation
Echoic Storage Register
44. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.
Norm Group
Retroactive Interference
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Code Emphasis Strategy
45. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.
Anxiety Disorders
Achievement Motivation
Achievement Tests
Standard Error of Estimate
46. 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
Steiner-Waldorf Education
Individual and Small-Group Activities
Content Validity
Transitional Bilingual Programs
47. 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).
Stability
Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Public Law 94-142
Validity
48. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.
Centration
Episodic Memory
Holophrastic Speech
Brainstorming
49. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.
Normal Distribution
Diagnostic Achievement Tests
Stability
Algorithm
50. 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.
Achievement Tests
Morphemes
Psychomotor Objectives
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy