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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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).






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






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






4. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






5. 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 external to the student.






6. 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).






7. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






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






9. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.






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






11. Learning outcomes defined by specific operational steps and skills a student must master. Gronlund believed that general objectives would lead to these kinds of outcomes.






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






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






14. Relating new information to that previously learned.






15. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






16. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the first phase of memory processing. This part of memory temporarily holds all sensory information.






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






18. 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).






19. 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).






20. A learning model that proposes that learning is a function of the ratio between the effort needed to the effort spent learning. learning=f(time spent/time needed)

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21. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be uncontrollable.






22. 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.






23. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






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






25. 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.






26. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






28. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






29. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






30. 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.






31. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






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






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






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






35. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






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






37. 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 (






38. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






39. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






44. Mental retardation needing daily help and support in school.






45. 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.






46. The collection of traits in a person that inspires him to behave honestly - respectfully - and courageously.






47. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






48. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






49. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






50. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.