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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






2. A form of negative punishment where a disruptive student is removed from the classroom and not allowed back until he or she is ready to behave.






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






4. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are survival (food - water - warmth) - safety (freedom from danger) - belonging (acceptance from others) - and self-esteem (approval from others).






5. Learning which results from observing the results of others' behaviors and judging whether to perform them oneself.






6. A neurological disorder characterized by seizures. This disorder is caused by excessive - abnormal brain activity.






7. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






8. 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.






9. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






11. 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.






12. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






13. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






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






15. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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






17. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






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






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






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






21. A measure of how well a test correlates with the skill - trait - or behavior the test is supposed to be evaluating.






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






23. A level of identity status where one has no idea who he or she is - and has not made any significant effort to find out.






24. 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).






25. 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






26. Memory tools that enhance one's recall by relating information to knowledge with which it has no natural resemblance.






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






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






29. A form of behavioral modification designed for autistic children. This treatment targets key parts of an individual's development - such as motivation or social responsiveness - in the hope that the treatment will spread to other behavioral areas as






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. The ability to mentally retain an object even after it has changed form - such as ice melting into water. According to Piaget - children in the preoperational stage of development lack this ability.






35. The path one follows to correct his or her behavior based on discrepancies between his or her performance and that of a model.






36. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






37. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






38. A level of identity status where one has created his or her identity based on the opinions of others - not on personal choice.






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






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






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






42. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






43. 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.






44. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






45. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






46. The use of physical punishment.






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






48. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






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






50. The ability to apply previous learning to new situations and problems. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.