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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






2. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






3. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher will purposely ignore any disruptive behavior by a student to try to eradicate the behavior.






4. The sensory register for visual information.






5. 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.






6. 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






7. A learning disability which impairs a person's language ability. Those with this disorder may have difficulty with reading - writing - or spelling.






8. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






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






10. 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.






11. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






12. A learning strategy which involves grouping information into categories based on shared patterns - sequences - or characteristics.






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






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






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






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






17. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






18. 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.






19. 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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20. 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).






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






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






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






24. A sample group who is to represent the population being tested.






25. Information given in advance of a lesson to prepare the students by reminding them of important information learned before and focusing them on key information.






26. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






27. 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.






28. 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






29. Relating current information with previous learning.






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






31. 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.






32. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






33. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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 external to the student.






42. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






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






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






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






46. According to Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of development - a type of speech used by young children to guide their problem-solving process when working by themselves.






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






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






49. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






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