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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 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






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






3. 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.






4. Asking students challenging questions to gauge their understanding and focus their attention.






5. 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.






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






7. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that allows students to apply knowledge learned in one situation to a different one.






8. Relating current information with previous learning.






9. 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.






10. Anything which increases the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






16. The exchange of thoughts and feelings through both verbal and nonverbal (such as gestures and facial expressions) means.






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






18. The study of classification. In teaching - systems of this type provide a hierarchical scheme of different learning objectives which helps the teacher include all of the skills and concepts needed for mastery of a topic.






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






20. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






21. A common misconception among adolescents that one is invincible - impervious to harm.






22. The degree to which a test accurately measures the trait or skill it is designed to measure.






23. Bilingual education programs which teach students both in their native tongue and English - allowing them to maintain their bilingualism.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






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






34. An approach to grading which uses a portfolio of a student's work to measure that student's development over time and to compare it to that of others in the class.






35. Consciously focusing on specific stimuli. This process prevents irrelevant information from interfering with one's cognitive processes.






36. 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.






37. A theory which states that individuals create schemata (mental concepts and rules) based on the interaction between their experience and ideas. This theory is based on the ideas of Jean Piaget.






38. How capable one actually is.






39. The ability to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same - even when it changes form. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






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






41. The study of the meaning behind words.






42. Those one observes.






43. A kind of testing the teacher uses to determine what aspects of a subject to focus on - depending on how much the students know and comprehend.






44. 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.






45. The act of creating one's own standards of behavior based on observations of others. The best performance standards are those which are moderately difficult.






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






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






48. 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.






49. A theory which states that the primary source of motivation is internal needs.






50. 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