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






2. The degree to which a test accurately predicts a student's future behavior.






3. A theory which proposes that there are eight different kinds of cognitive intelligences - none of which are necessarily correlated. The intelligences are spacial - linguistic - logical-mathematical - bodily-kinesthetic - musical - interpersonal - int

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4. Relating new information to that previously learned.






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. A possible range a student's scores may fall in if the student took the test multiple times.






11. 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.






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






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 mnemonic device that aids the memory of a long list of information by linking each item in the list to a specific well-known location.






15. A method of scaling scores which evaluates students in terms of the grade level at which they are functioning.






16. A measure of how imperfect the validity of a test is.






17. Bilingual education programs which aim to use English as much as possible.






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






19. A kind of performance-based testing strategy where students will work on a project over a long period of time.






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






22. A theory of internal motivation - the forces which drive behavior in the absence of any external stimuli. A key part of this theory is intrinsic motivation.






23. The degree to which performance on one test correlates with performance on a second test.






24. 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).






25. The ability to see useful relationships between different ideas or aspects of a problem. This is thought to be one of the types of intelligence on which creativity is based.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. An approach to problem solving where one reasons how to reach the goal based on the current situation.






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






31. Behavioral modification based on behavioral learning theory.






32. 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.






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






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






35. The loss of subjects in a research study over time due to participant drop-out.






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






37. 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.






38. Academic programs focused on real-life problems and situations - such as developing professional skills or resisting negative peer pressure.






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






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






41. The amount of class time devoted to teaching.






42. The inability to see a use for an object other than that to which one is accustomed.






43. Disorder affecting a child's hearing.






44. A strategy of teaching reading which stresses the overall meaning of a passage.






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






46. The inability to retrieve learned information.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Students who are in danger of failing to complete a basic education needed for operating successfully in society.