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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 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.






2. One's social and economic standing - including one's class - race - and education. SES is highly influential on students' success in school - with those from low-SES families performing below their high-SES classmates.






3. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






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






6. Breaking apart a learning task into specific - concrete objectives a student must achieve to master the task.






7. Academic programs designed to enable students to learn independently more about their areas of interest.






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






9. Deliberate repetition of information in short-term memory.






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






11. 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.






12. Educating exceptional learners in a regular classroom while offering them any extra assistance they need.






13. Difficulty pronouncing the correct sound or substituting with an incorrect sound.






14. A level of moral reasoning guided by strict adherence to rules - developed by Kohlberg. This level is also divided into two stages: stage 3 (conformity to one's group) and stage 4 (following rules because they promote social order).






15. The sensory register for auditory information.






16. Mental retardation characterized by an IQ of 34 or lower.






17. Transferring a general method of problem solving from one situation to the next.






18. A reinforcer which is naturally desirable - such as food - water - or heat.






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






20. A type of learning where the teacher encourages the students to find their own meaning in learning. The teacher will show relationships between the new subject matter and past learning and will encourage the students to have confidence in their own a






21. A theory of intelligence by Sternberg which views intelligence as consisting of three components: processing components (the ability to process information and solve problems) - contextual components (the ability to apply intelligence to everyday pro






22. A method of rehearsal where one retains information in short-term memory by relating it to previously learned knowledge.






23. An approach to grading which establishes a standard students must reach to pass and allows them to continue studying until they reach it.






24. How relevant a test is at face value.






25. The total length of the class.






26. 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.






27. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include only the sounds found in his or her native language.






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






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






30. 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).






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






32. Spontaneous noises an infant makes which include all of the sounds from every different language.






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






34. 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.






35. The ability to perform a task automatically - with little or no conscious effort.






36. General short-cut strategies to problem solving one uses which may not always be correct.






37. Controlled academic programs designed to stimulate students to learn new problem-solving skills.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. A group of children who are outstandingly intelligent (i.e. an IQ of 130 or greater) or are exceptionally skilled in a particular subject or area.






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






42. Tests designed to evaluate a student's present performance and predict how well he or she will perform in the future.






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. The process of putting together different sounds in a meaningful way.






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






49. A kind of performance-based testing strategy that combines multiple projects of the student that were made at various stages in a project.






50. Tests used to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses - judging whether or not a student needs special education services.