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






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






3. Students with these disorders are angry - defiant - and hostile - seemingly unable to follow the teacher's rules.






4. An approach to teaching reading which attempts to enhance children's phonetic awareness - or ability to discriminate between different phonemes. This method teaches students the relationships between written words and their different phonemes.






5. 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






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






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






8. A theory proposed by Reuven Feuerstein which describes the ability of humans to modify their cognitive process to adapt to different situations in their environment.






9. The process of taking in and integrating information from the environment.






10. Reading models which focus on analyzing words letter-by-letter to fully understand the meaning of a text.






11. Using a previously learned fact or skill in a different situation in virtually the same way.






12. 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).






13. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






14. One's perceived abilities and competence. According to the Social Learning and Expectancy theory - this depends on four kinds of social experiences: personal experiences of the student; vicarious experiences (observing the rewards or punishments othe






15. The sensory register for visual information.






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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 intrinsic to the student.






20. Assumptions about how different social relationships work and how other people feel and think.






21. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. Programs which teach students about different positive character traits and how to apply them to their lives.






34. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






39. 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.






40. A theory which focuses on how to structure material to best teach students - especially young ones. This approach can be divided into two general approaches: cognitive and behavioral.






41. Reading models which try to relate written words to different experiences of the student.






42. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






48. 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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49. The results one expects from different behaviors.






50. Learning objectives relating to abstract concepts such as understanding or being able to apply knowledge to different situations. Gronlund proposed a instructional theory focusing on this kind of learning objective.