Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Segregated environments

B  Multigrade classrooms

C  Fully inclusive classrooms 

D  The “the least restrictive” environments 

A  Autism 

B  Emotional problems

C  Mild mental retardation

D  Learning disabilities 

A  Is creative 

B  Is talented

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Uses convergent thinking

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  Emphasis on effort

B  Emphasis on native ability 

C  Ability grouping

D  A shorter school year 

A  Are usually located in upper-income areas

B  Are voluntarily segregated 

C  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

D  Emphasize a specific are of interest

A  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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

A  Cooperative learning technique 

B   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

C  Social-constructive classroom

D  Homogeneous grouping practice

A  Students construct their own knowledge

B  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

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

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

A  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

B  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

C  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

D  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

A  Talking 

B  Watching educational programming 

C  Using educational computer game

D  Reading 

A  The size of the cerebral cortex

B  Emotional intelligence

C  SES

D  Self-discipline

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

B  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

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

D  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

A  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

B  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

C  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

D  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

A  General

B  Interpersonal

C  Bodily-kinesthetic

D  Interpersonal 

A  Emotional

B  Analytical 

C  Creative 

D   Practical 

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

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

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

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

A  Whole-language 

B  Phonics 

C  Metacognitive

D  Pragmatic 

A  Metacognitive

B  Pragmatic 

C  Phonics 

D  Whole-language 

A  Learned helplessness 

B  Self-regulation

C  Interpersonal intelligence

D  Metacognitive awareness

A  Cognitive self-regulation

B  Selectivity of attention

C  Elaboration 

D  Metacognition

A  Elaboration

B  Metacognition 

C  Organization

D  Rehearsal

A  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

B  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

C  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

D  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

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

B  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

A  Only minor

B  Little or no

C  Moderate

D  Substantial

A  Draw maps to scale

B  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

C  Seriate mentally

D  Classify three relations at once

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

B  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

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

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  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

B  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

C  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

D  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

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

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

C  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

A  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

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

D  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

A  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

B  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

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

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

A  Asain children 

B  Children who live in rural areas

C  Middle-SES children

D  Boys

A  Systic fibrosis

B  Diabetes

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Asthma

A  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

B  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

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

D  The many hours children spend watching television 

A  Asthma 

B  Heart Disease

C  Tuberculosis

D  Diabetes 

A  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

B  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

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

D  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

A  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

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

C  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood

B  Slows dramatically

C  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

D  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood