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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the Attribution Theory - a student who holds this belief considers success or failure to be in his or her control.






2. Integrating parts of the behaviors from several models to form a new behavioral set.






3. A kind of teaching which stresses that students identify the underlying relationships between different concepts and ideas to enhance their understanding.






4. Disabilities that affect children with average or above average intelligence who nevertheless have difficulty with some aspect of learning - such as reading - writing - or solving problems.






5. The degree to which a test correlates with a direct measure of what the test is designed to measure - such as how well a reading test correlates with a student's actual reading level.






6. The ability to reason backward from a conclusion to its cause. According to Piaget - preoperational children lack this skill.






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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).






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






13. 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.






14. One of the characteristics of ADHD. This term describes students who seem to be unable to sit still - constantly fidgeting or displaying other disruptive behaviors.






15. A method of scaling scores using a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.






16. The degree to which the content of a test represents the broader subject area the test is supposed to measure.






17. Language disorders characterized by trouble understanding spoken language.






18. A type of character education where an instructor discusses moral questions with students. This type of program has limited success.






19. The ability to create new methods of dealing with everyday problems based on one's prior experiences and feedback from others. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






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






21. Mental retardation needing emotion care on an as-needed basis.






22. The ability to translate written symbols into abstract concepts and ideas.






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. A form of negative punishment where something wanted by the student will be taken away if he or she behaves in an undesirable way.






27. The total length of the class.






28. Concepts - subdivisions of schemata that help one understand and interpret different parts of the world.






29. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






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






31. The inability to retrieve learned information.






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






33. A method of scaling scores using a nine-point scale with a mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2. This method is intended to minimize insignificant differences between scores.






34. An unlimited cognitive storage system for retaining permanent records of information deemed important. According to the Two-Store Model - this is the third level of processing and the second level of storage.






35. Difficulty forming smooth connections between words.






36. The relationship between a student and his or her environment. According to this principle - the student and the environment will influence and affect each other.






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Mental retardation requiring consistent educational support.






42. The idea that concrete ideas can be remembered better than abstract ones because concrete words are stored as both visual and verbal information.






43. The sensory register for auditory information.






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






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






46. A humanistic - interdisciplinary form of teaching which emphasizes the role of creativity and imagination in learning. According to this theory - children pass through three learning stages: imitative learning - artistic learning - and abstract learn






47. 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).






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






49. A bell-shaped curve which can be easily and consistently used to interpret scores.






50. A prediction which causes itself to become true. In educational psychology - the teacher's expectations about a student's success almost always come true - regardless of whether or not the expectations were backed by truth.