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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. An approach to grading where the students are given a numerical score - using either a 10-point or a 7-point grading scale. These scores may be translated into a letter grade or compared to the average score on a test.






2. The smallest meaningful units in a language.






3. The proper arrangement of words in a sentence.






4. 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.






5. 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






6. A level of moral reasoning guided by rewards and punishments - developed by Kohlberg. This level is further divided into two stages: stage 1 (adherence to rules to please authority figures) and stage 2 (follow rules that satisfy one's needs).






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






8. The use of physical punishment.






9. The inner drive to perform a particular behavior.






10. The study of the meaning behind words.






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






12. One's self-perception of his or her gender.






13. The ability to infer a relationship between two objects and to compare and arrange them. According to Piaget - concrete operational children have this skill.






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






15. The natural physical changes that occur due to a person's genetic code.






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






17. The set of social and behavioral norms for each gender held by society.






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






19. Dividing large amounts of information into smaller pieces that are easier to remember.






20. 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.






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






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






23. A theory that proposes there are both external and internal motivational factors. According to this theory - there are two components behind motivation: the personal value of the endeavor and one's perceived ability to accomplish it.






24. A form of behavioral modification where the teacher and student create a contract specifying certain academic goals and the rewards or privileges that will be given once the goals are reached.






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






26. 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.






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






28. A kind of meaning emphasis strategy which integrates reading with other language skills such as speaking - writing - and listening.






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






30. An approach to classroom management where the teacher will enforce clear rules for student conduct - quickly and impartially punishing any disobedience.






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






32. A person's self-perception - what one thinks of oneself.






33. 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






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






35. How relevant a test is at face value.






36. 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






37. A reinforcer which is paired with a primary reinforcer - such as money or good grades.






38. The way that previously learned information affects how one learns new concepts. This can be either positive (helping one understand new ideas) or negative (hindering one from taking in the new information).






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






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






41. A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem.






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






50. Taxonomies detailing the types of values and attitudes the student should develop by the end of the course.