INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CLEP/ EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+

INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CLEP/ EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Which of the following learning outcomes usually undergoes the largest loss within 24 hours of acquisition? - -The learning of rote material When Robert's classmates no longer showed approval of his clowning, his clowning behavior occurred less frequently. The concept best exemplified by Robert's change in behavior is - -Extinction Which of the following are functions of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) ? - -I, II, and III only I. Supports classroom teachers II. Creates a relationship (partnership) between regular classroom and resource team III. Provides an instructional program to meet the needs of the individual student In a fifth-grade class that is working on a set of arithmetic problems, which of the following behaviors would be most characteristic of the student who is a divergent thinker? - -Finding a variety of ways to solve each problem To measure students' understanding of a theorem in geometry, it is best for a teacher to have the students do which of the following? - -Solve a related problem that is not in the textbook A child who is frightened by a dog and develops a fear of other dogs is exhibiting which of the following principles of learning? - -Stimulus generalization In experimental studies of the motor development of identical twins, one twin is given practice at a particular skill early and the other twin six weeks later. The fact that it generally takes less practice for the later-trained twin to acquire the skill is evidence for the importance of - -Maturation In a fifth-grade class studying the ancient Incan culture, all of the following questions are likely, to stimulate pupils to think creatively EXCEPT - -What weapons and tools did the Incas use for hunting? According to a cognitive psychologist, which of the following types of memory is composed of accumulated factual knowledge about the world? - -Semantic Of the following, learning is the best defined as - -The modification of behavior through experience According to cognitive learning theorists, a new unit can be most readily learned by a class of students when the unit's concepts and terms are - -Related hierarchically to concepts and terms mastered previously A preschool child sees a teacher roll a ball of clay into a sausage-like shape. The teacher asks, "Is the amount of clay the same as before?" The child insists that the sausage shape consists of more clay than the ball did. According to Jean Piaget, this mistake by the child occurs principally because of which of the following? - -A lack of understanding of the conservation principle A fourth-grade teacher wants her students to learn to recognize oak trees. Which of the following strategies would best lead to that goal? - -Taking the students to the park to show them oaks and other trees and pointing out the distinguishing characteristics of oaks Longitudinal studies of cognitive abilities during middle and later adulthood indicate which of the following declines most with age? - -Speed of information processing Which of the following is true if a test is reliable? - -The results will be approximately the same if the test is given again under similar conditions. The concept of developmental tasks refers to