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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. A law enacted in 1975 to ensure that every exceptional learner is given instruction appropriate for his or her needs. The child should be placed in the least restrictive environment possible (i.e. spending the most time with ordinary students).






5. A theory by Melanie Klein which proposes a child's personality develops from the child's relationship with his or her mother. According to this view - children need a strong mother to develop well.






6. A measure of how well scores from the same test correlate when taken by the same people on two different occasions.






7. A measure of how well scores from two different tests meant to evaluate the same thing correlate with each other.






8. A taxonomy created by Bloom. According to this model - there are six levels of mastery of a concept. The student must reach the levels in specific order; higher level skills cannot be mastered without the lower levels. The levels are knowledge (simpl

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9. A measure of how consistent scores are on the same test. Any differences are attributed to errors in the test.






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






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






12. The use of a single word to represent an entire thought. This kind of speech is found in young children.






13. According to self-determination theory - the drive one has to perform a specific behavior not for a reward (extrinsic motivation) but for the sheer pleasure of the action itself.






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. According to the Attribution Theory - this concept refers to how constant or changeable a student believes something to be.






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






20. A common misconception among adolescents that everyone is constantly watching and scrutinizing the adolescent's behavior.






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






22. 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






23. A mnemonic device where one will isolate part of a word - create a mental image of the keyword - and use that image to remember the meaning of the word.






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






25. 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






26. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






27. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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






33. Punishing or rewarding the entire class based on its obedience to the rules.






34. A common misconception among adolescents that one is destined for fame and fortune.






35. How capable one actually is.






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






37. Disorders characterized by difficulty communicating - either by having trouble expressing oneself or by being unable to properly receive information.






38. A reinforcer which is paired with multiple primary reinforcers - such as academic achievement or social standing.






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






40. Methods of quantitatively analyzing and organizing scores. The methods used include mean - median - mode - range - and standard deviation.






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






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






43. A division of long-term memory for storing factual knowledge.






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






45. A form of teaching where the teacher will act as a guide as the students actively discover underlying patterns - solve problems - and form general rules from data.






46. Advance organizers which list previously learned information the students will need for the lesson.






47. The study of the meaning behind words.






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






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






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