Chapter 9 Quiz

A  Segregated environments

B  Multigrade classrooms

C  The “the least restrictive” environments 

D  Fully inclusive classrooms 

A  Autism 

B  Learning disabilities 

C  Emotional problems

D  Mild mental retardation

A  Is creative 

B  Is a high- IQ child

C  Uses convergent thinking

D  Is talented

A  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

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

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

D  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

A  Emphasis on effort

B  A shorter school year 

C  Ability grouping

D  Emphasis on native ability 

A  Are usually located in upper-income areas

B  Are voluntarily segregated 

C  Emphasize a specific are of interest

D  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

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   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

D  Homogeneous grouping practice

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

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

C  Students construct their own knowledge

D  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

A  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

B  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

C  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

D  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

A  Talking 

B  Using educational computer game

C  Watching educational programming 

D  Reading 

A  Emotional intelligence

B  The size of the cerebral cortex

C  SES

D  Self-discipline

A  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

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

C  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

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

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  Interpersonal 

B  General

C  Interpersonal

D  Bodily-kinesthetic

A   Practical 

B  Analytical 

C  Creative 

D  Emotional

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

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

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

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

A  Pragmatic 

B  Whole-language 

C  Phonics 

D  Metacognitive

A  Phonics 

B  Whole-language 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Metacognitive

A  Metacognitive awareness

B  Self-regulation

C  Interpersonal intelligence

D  Learned helplessness 

A  Elaboration 

B  Selectivity of attention

C  Cognitive self-regulation

D  Metacognition

A  Rehearsal

B  Metacognition 

C  Elaboration

D  Organization

A  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

B  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

C  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

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

D  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

A  Little or no

B  Moderate

C  Substantial

D  Only minor

A  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

B  Classify three relations at once

C  Draw maps to scale

D  Seriate mentally

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

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

C  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

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  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

C  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

D  Often results in psychological damage to children 

A  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

B  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

C  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

D  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

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

B  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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

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

A  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

B  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

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

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

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

C  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

D  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

A  Middle-SES children

B  Boys

C  Children who live in rural areas

D  Asain children 

A  Sickle cell anemia 

B  Diabetes

C  Systic fibrosis

D  Asthma

A  The many hours children spend watching television 

B  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

C  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

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

A  Tuberculosis

B  Asthma 

C  Diabetes 

D  Heart Disease

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

B  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

C  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

D  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

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

B  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Slows dramatically

B  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood

C  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls

D  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood