Introduction to Educational Psychology CLEP – Comprehensive Study Guide and Practice
Questions
Which of the following learning outcomes usually undergoes the largest loss within 24 hours of
acquisition? - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS
✔✔Extinction
Which of the following are functions of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) ? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS
✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS
✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔Semantic
Of the following, learning is the best defined as - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔Speed of information processing
Which of the following is true if a test is reliable? - ANS ✔✔The results will be approximately
the same if the test is given again under similar conditions.
Questions
Which of the following learning outcomes usually undergoes the largest loss within 24 hours of
acquisition? - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS
✔✔Extinction
Which of the following are functions of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) ? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS
✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS
✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔Semantic
Of the following, learning is the best defined as - ANS ✔✔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 - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔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? - ANS ✔✔Speed of information processing
Which of the following is true if a test is reliable? - ANS ✔✔The results will be approximately
the same if the test is given again under similar conditions.
