Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Multigrade classrooms

B  Fully inclusive classrooms 

C  The “the least restrictive” environments 

D  Segregated environments

A  Emotional problems

B  Mild mental retardation

C  Learning disabilities 

D  Autism 

A  Uses convergent thinking

B  Is talented

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Is creative 

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

B  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

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

D  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

A  Emphasis on effort

B  Emphasis on native ability 

C  A shorter school year 

D  Ability grouping

A  Emphasize a specific are of interest

B  Are usually located in upper-income areas

C  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

D  Are voluntarily segregated 

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

B  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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

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

A  Cooperative learning technique 

B   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

C  Social-constructive classroom

D  Homogeneous grouping practice

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

B  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

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

D  Students construct their own knowledge

A  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

B  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

C  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

D  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

A  Using educational computer game

B  Watching educational programming 

C  Reading 

D  Talking 

A  The size of the cerebral cortex

B  Emotional intelligence

C  SES

D  Self-discipline

A  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

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

C  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

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

A  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

B  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

C  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

D  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

A  Interpersonal 

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  Interpersonal

D  General

A  Emotional

B  Creative 

C  Analytical 

D   Practical 

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

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

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

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

A  Whole-language 

B  Phonics 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Metacognitive

A  Metacognitive

B  Phonics 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Whole-language 

A  Interpersonal intelligence

B  Learned helplessness 

C  Self-regulation

D  Metacognitive awareness

A  Selectivity of attention

B  Elaboration 

C  Metacognition

D  Cognitive self-regulation

A  Elaboration

B  Rehearsal

C  Metacognition 

D  Organization

A  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

B  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

C  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

D  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

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

B  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

A  Little or no

B  Substantial

C  Only minor

D  Moderate

A  Draw maps to scale

B  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

C  Classify three relations at once

D  Seriate mentally

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

B  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

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

A  No recess

B  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

C  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

D  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

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

B  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

C  Often results in psychological damage to children 

D  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

A  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

B  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

C  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

D  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

A  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

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

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

A  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

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

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  Middle-SES children

C  Asain children 

D  Boys

A  Systic fibrosis

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Asthma

D  Diabetes

A  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

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

C  The many hours children spend watching television 

D  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

A  Diabetes 

B  Heart Disease

C  Asthma 

D  Tuberculosis

A  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

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

C  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

D  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

A  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

B  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

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

A  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

B  Slows dramatically

C  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

D  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood