Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Segregated environments

B  Fully inclusive classrooms 

C  The “the least restrictive” environments 

D  Multigrade classrooms

A  Autism 

B  Learning disabilities 

C  Emotional problems

D  Mild mental retardation

A  Uses convergent thinking

B  Is creative 

C  Is talented

D  Is a high- IQ child

A  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

B  Most gifted children show an evenly high ability across academic subjects

C   The vast majority of gifted children have IQ scores of 150 or higher 

D  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

A  A shorter school year 

B  Ability grouping

C  Emphasis on effort

D  Emphasis on native ability 

A  Are voluntarily segregated 

B  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

C  Emphasize a specific are of interest

D  Are usually located in upper-income areas

A   Hispanic children are more racially integrated than African-AMerican children in U.S. schools

B  Federal and state grants-in-aid have been sufficient in closing the funding gap between rich and poor

C  African-American children are just as likely to attend a school that serves a mostly black population as they were in 1960’s 

D  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

A  Cooperative learning technique 

B  Social-constructive classroom

C  Homogeneous grouping practice

D   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

A  Students construct their own knowledge

B  The teacher is the sole authority for knowledge, rules, and decision making

C  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

D  Teachers, students, and peers work together on a wide range of challenging activities 

A  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

B  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

C  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

D  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

A  Using educational computer game

B  Reading 

C  Watching educational programming 

D  Talking 

A  Emotional intelligence

B  SES

C  The size of the cerebral cortex

D  Self-discipline

A  Lower on intelligence tests then white children adopted into similar homes

B  Above average on early childhood intelligence tests, but scores decreased by middle childhood

C  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

D  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

A  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

B  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

C  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

D  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

A  Bodily-kinesthetic

B  Interpersonal

C  Interpersonal 

D  General

A  Creative 

B  Analytical 

C   Practical 

D  Emotional

A  Reasoning about number concepts should replace drill in computation in elementary school 

B  A blend of both drill in computing and “number sense,” or understanding, is most beneficial

C  Complex skills can only be learned by drill in computation and rote memorization 

D  Because children need to retrieve mathematical answers automatically, they should be exclusively taught by rote 

A  Whole-language 

B  Metacognitive

C  Pragmatic 

D  Phonics 

A  Metacognitive

B  Whole-language 

C  Phonics 

D  Pragmatic 

A  Self-regulation

B  Metacognitive awareness

C  Learned helplessness 

D  Interpersonal intelligence

A  Selectivity of attention

B  Elaboration 

C  Metacognition

D  Cognitive self-regulation

A  Organization

B  Elaboration

C  Rehearsal

D  Metacognition 

A  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

B  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

C  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

D  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

A  Fraternal twins are more likely than identical twins to have ADHD 

B  Boys are diagnosed with ADHD about 4 times as often as girls 

C  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

D  For a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must appear before age 5

A  Substantial

B  Only minor

C  Little or no

D  Moderate

A  Seriate mentally

B  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

C  Classify three relations at once

D  Draw maps to scale

A  Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once 

B  Think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction

C  Center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once 

D  Order items along a quantitative dimension

A  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

B  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

C  No recess

D  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

A  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

B  Often results in psychological damage to children 

C  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

D  Often interferes with school work and can cause a sharp decline in academic achievement 

A  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

B  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

C  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

D  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

A  School-age children today spend more time engage in informal outdoor play 

B  For most children, join community sports is associated with decreased self-esteem

C  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

D  Gains in perspective taking permit a transition to rule-oriented games

A  Makes strokes with his entire arm rather than just the wrist and fingers

B  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

C  Can only use his wrist and fingers to form the letters and numbers

D  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

A  Tanya, a Caucasian girl who lives in a rural area

B  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

C  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

D  Ellysa, an African-American girl who lives in poverty

A  Children who live in rural areas

B  Asain children 

C  Boys

D  Middle-SES children

A  Systic fibrosis

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Asthma

D  Diabetes

A  A lack of physical play space in many neighborhoods and schools

B  The many hours children spend watching television 

C  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

D  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

A  Diabetes 

B  Asthma 

C  Heart Disease

D  Tuberculosis

A  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

B  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

C  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

D  12 of the primary teeth are lost and replaced by permanent ones

A  She was losing “baby fat” at an increasing rate 

B  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

D  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

A  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

B  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

C  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood

D  Slows dramatically