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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






2. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






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






7. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






8. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






10. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






11. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






12. 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.






13. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






14. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






15. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






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






17. Merely imitating another person's behavior without understanding its meaning.






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






19. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






20. Knowledge and understanding of society's rules - usually gained from experience.






21. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






22. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






23. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






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






25. The results one expects from different behaviors.






26. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






27. General statements about the skills and abilities the student should have after completing the course.






28. A broad category of disorders in which the individual has difficulty learning in a typical way.






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Language disorders characterized by difficulty forming sounds or coherent sentences.






36. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Consciously knowing and using methods of problem solving and memory.






42. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






43. The ability to arrange objects in order based on some common quality - such as height - color - or size. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






44. Relating new information to that previously learned.






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






46. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






47. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.






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






49. 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).






50. A division of long-term memory for storing rules and methods or performing specific tasks - called procedures.