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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. The study of the social aspects of language use.






2. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






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






4. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






5. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






6. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






7. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






8. 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 (






9. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






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






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






12. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






13. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






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






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






16. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






17. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






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






20. 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.






21. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






22. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






23. 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.






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






25. Tests used to determine if students have achieved a minimum amount of learning needed to pass a class.






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






27. The study of the meaning behind words.






28. 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.






29. The belief that one gender is better than the other.






30. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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






32. How capable one believes him- or herself to be.






33. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






34. 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






35. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






36. Internalized self-talk.






37. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. The total length of the class.






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






45. 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.






46. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






48. 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.






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






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