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CLEP Intro To Educational Psychology

Subjects : clep, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process of learned information simply fading from memory.






2. A testing procedure that measures an individual student's score relative to those of a representative group of students. These tests are used to rank students based on their skill levels compared to their peers.






3. The ability to focus solely on one object. According to Piaget - preoperational children have developed this skill.






4. 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.






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






6. Taxonomies dealing with the different cognitive abilities the student should develop.






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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).






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






12. Bringing information out of long-term memory.






13. A form of behavioral modification for getting a subject to start performing a preferable behavior by reinforcing components of the desired behavior and gradually rewarding more discriminatively.






14. Disorder affecting a child's sight.






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






16. The difference between the skills a child develops alone and those that can be learned with the help of someone knowledgeable. This concept was developed by Vygotsky.






17. 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.






18. Clear and specific learning objectives that ensure both the teacher and the student stay on track.






19. How relevant a test is at face value.






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






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






22. 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).






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






24. The drive to perform a certain behavior solely to receive an external reward.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






31. A teacher's belief that he or she can successfully encourage and enable students to reach their highest levels of achievement - regardless of how difficult the process is.






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






33. Testing strategies which have students create long-term projects to determine how much they have learned.






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






35. 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).






36. Another name for classical conditioning - based on the importance of stimuli on this approach.






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






38. Familiar responses to a problem one uses without thinking the situation through.






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






40. A teaching procedure that allows the teacher to test the student's reasoning ability and cognitive functions. Instead of focusing on quantifiable answers - this method aims at improving the student's problem-solving skills.






41. The application of knowledge - skills - and experience to achieving a particular goal.






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






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






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






45. A form of behavioral modification where an desirable activity is used to strengthen a more unpleasant one.






46. Theories which view the unique language - culture - and customs of minority children as an asset in their learning.






47. Grouping students into different classes based on aptitude test scores.






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






49. The study of the theory and technique of creating psychological tests - such as IQ - aptitude - or personality trait tests.






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