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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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1. A five-step problem-solving strategy that involves identifying the problem - defining one's goals - exploring possible ways to reach the goals - anticipating the outcomes and acting - and looking back on one's work.






2. A testing procedure that measures a student's mastery of a particular skill or understanding of a certain concept. The purpose of this kind of test is to measure whether a student has achieved a certain learning objective.






3. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who are easily distracted and cannot remain focused or remember information.






4. Teachers with this quality are constantly aware of and in control of everything going on in a classroom.






5. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






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






7. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.






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






9. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. The second level of processing - and the first level of information storage - in the Two-Store Model. At this level - the person is consciously perceiving certain aspects of the external world. In adults - this kind of memory holds up to seven - plus






18. 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.






19. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






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






25. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






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






27. A method of scaling scores using a percentage of scores less than or equal to the student's score.






28. Thinking of all the possible solutions to a problem.






29. 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






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






31. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how responsive a student believes the cause of success or failure to be.






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






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






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






35. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






37. The inability to retrieve learned information.






38. 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






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






40. Behaving like someone in a book or movie.






41. The process of interpreting and making sense of the world according to Piaget's model of cognitive development.






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






43. A type of cooperative learning where the teacher will teach the students a skill - divide them into teams - and allow each team to practice the skill until all teams understand it perfectly.






44. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






45. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






46. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






47. Directly viewing the reinforcement or punishment of different behaviors.






48. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






49. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






50. 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).