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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






2. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






3. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






4. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.






5. 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).






6. Advance organizers which list new - unlearned information the students will need for the lesson.






7. 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 external to the student.






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






9. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






10. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






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






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






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






14. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






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






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






17. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






18. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






23. Mental retardation requiring constant high-intensity educational support to pass through school.






24. 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.






25. A behavior related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






26. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






27. 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.






28. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






29. Students with learning difficulties who require special attention to reach their fullest potentials.






30. A method of assessing how much students know in which the teacher will assist them in the problem-solving process.






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






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






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






38. The amount of Allocated Time each individual student spends focused on the class.






39. 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






40. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






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






42. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






43. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






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






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






46. The sensory register for visual information.






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






48. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






49. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






50. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.







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