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






2. 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.






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






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






5. A division of long-term memory for storing events in one's life.






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






7. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






8. A kind of achievement test which combines several different subject areas into the same test.






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






10. 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).






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






12. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is extrinsic - or external - rewards.






16. 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.






17. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






18. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A category of psychological disorders where the sufferer will experience chronic anxiety and apprehension.






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






27. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






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






29. Internalized self-talk.






30. Bilingual education programs which instruct minority students in their native tongue until they become more competent in English.






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






32. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






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






34. 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.






35. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






36. A raw score converted into a form in which it can be compared to other scores from the same test.






37. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






38. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






39. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






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






41. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






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






43. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






44. A measure of how well scores from one half of a test correlate with those from the other half.






45. A method of pedagogy where the teacher actively looks for ways to improve the students' knowledge of a subject. Ways of doing this include actively presenting concepts - checking to see if the students understand - and reteaching any trouble areas fo






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






47. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






48. A type of instruction which involves the teacher systematically leading the students step by step to a particular learning goals. This type of teaching is best for learning math or other complex skills - but not for less structured tasks such as Engl






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






50. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).