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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






3. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






4. 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






5. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






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






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






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






9. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






21. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






22. According to researcher Benjamin Bloom - students with individual tutors generally perform two standard deviations (two 'sigmas') above those in average classrooms.






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






24. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10.






25. 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.






26. A model of memory that includes three interacting components (sensory register - working memory - and long-term memory) that together process external information. Although there are three parts - only two of them (working and long-term) are used for






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






28. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






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






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






31. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






40. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






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






42. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






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






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






45. Abstract representations of different parts of reality. These groups usually contain general knowledge of the world and examples of its specific parts.






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






47. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






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






49. The total length of the class.






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