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






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






3. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who act without thinking - drift quickly from activity to the next - and perform dangerous behaviors without regarding their consequences.






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






5. Another name for operant conditioning - due to the importance of responses in determining whether learning has occured.






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






7. 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.






8. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






10. A measure of the internal consistency of a test.






11. One of the two divisions of human needs according to Maslow. These needs are intellectual achievement - aesthetic appreciation (understanding and appreciating the beauty and truth in the world) - and self-actualization (becoming all that one can be).






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






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






14. A community-centered approach to character education that attempts to apply what the students learn in the classroom to everyday life.






15. Repeating information in the same way it was received.






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






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






18. A kind of testing the teacher uses to measure the students' mastery of a particular subject. These tests are used in a student's final grade.






19. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






20. 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.






21. A form of behavior modification using operant conditioning principles. Every time the patient displays the desired behavior - he is awarded a token (such as a star or a coin) that can be traded for a physical possession or special privilege.






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






23. 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.






24. A type of learning where a small group of students will work together on the same project - each making some contribution.






25. Taxonomies describing physical abilities and skills the student should master.






26. The process a teacher uses in discovery learning by guiding the students.






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. A method of assessing how much students know by giving them closed-ended response questions they are to answer by themselves.






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






37. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.






38. Theories which argue that the language - culture - and traditions of minority students negatively affects their academic ability.






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






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






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






42. The sensory register for auditory information.






43. A system designed to aid communication. These systems are characteristically organized (have grammar rules for word order) - productive (words can be combined in an almost infinite number of arrangements) - arbitrary (not necessarily a relationship b






44. A teaching style which seeks to instruct students in how to recognize and rise up against oppression. This area of teaching is influenced by the works of Karl Marx.






45. Allowing each student to reach full mastery of a concept - regardless of how long it takes.






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






47. The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory by developing meaningful relationships and patterns in the data that relate to one's previous knowledge.






48. The innate ability to use language - as described by Chomsky.






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






50. Tests designed to measure a student's completion or a particular course or subject area.