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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






2. Those one observes.






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






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






5. 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.






6. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






7. A model of intelligence by Guilford which consists of 150 types of intelligence. According to Guilford - all types of intelligence can be organized along three dimensions: operations (such as memory - cognition - or evaluation) - products (such as un






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






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






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






11. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






12. 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.






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






14. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






15. 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.






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






17. A mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






18. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






19. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






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






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






22. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






23. A kind of forgetting where new information interferes with the retrieval of previously learned information.






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






25. Difficulty speaking due to an obstruction of air in the nose or throat.






26. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






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






33. The inability to retrieve learned information.






34. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






35. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






36. 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.






37. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.






38. A disorder characterized by an impairment of one's cognitive abilities and problems with adapting to situations. Individuals with this problem often have IQs of under 70.






39. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






40. The ability to organize objects based on some common characteristic. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have mastered this skill.






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






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






43. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






44. A problem-solving technique where one starts with the goal and works backward.






45. The act of assigning meaning to information by interpreting it based on what one already knows.






46. An intelligence test for young children ages 2-7.






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






48. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






49. 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






50. A level of identity status where the adolescent has finally created his or her own personal identity.