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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






2. 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.






3. An individually administered intelligence test designed for children ages 6-16.






4. A process that occurs when two stimuli are consistently paired - causing the presence of one to evoke the other.






5. 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 unstable and intrinsic to the student.






6. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






7. The degree to which a student desires and actively strives to excel and succeed.






8. An approach to grading using descriptive terms such as 'outstanding' or 'unsatisfactory' to rate the student's performance.






9. The art of teaching. It encompasses different styles and methods of instructing.






10. 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.






11. Students with these disorders are depressed - anxious - and withdrawn - lacking confidence.






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






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






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






15. A legal document describing a child's special needs and what programs and assistance he or she will receive.






16. Academic programs where students are given a deeper education in their areas of interest.






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






18. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






19. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






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






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






22. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






24. The sensory register for visual information.






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






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






27. 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.






28. The smallest unit of sound that affects a word's meaning.






29. The inability to retrieve learned information.






30. A behavior not clearly related to a particular stimulus - according to operant conditioning.






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






32. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






33. A medical condition present after birth that causes the child to reason or to cope with social situations far below average.






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






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






36. An approach to grading where students' individual scores are compared to a predetermined average score.






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






42. A group of disorders characterized by inappropriate behaviors that inhibit students from getting along well with others.






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






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






45. A principle proposed by Edward Thorndike stating behaviors with positive outcomes will be repeated while those with negative outcomes will be avoided.






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






47. The study of the social aspects of language use.






48. The amount of time the student spends focused on his studies when he is successful at learning the material.






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






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