Chapter 9 Quiz

A  The “the least restrictive” environments 

B  Segregated environments

C  Fully inclusive classrooms 

D  Multigrade classrooms

A  Emotional problems

B  Autism 

C  Learning disabilities 

D  Mild mental retardation

A  Is a high- IQ child

B  Is talented

C  Is creative 

D  Uses convergent thinking

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 have high self-esteem 

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

A  Emphasis on native ability 

B  A shorter school year 

C  Ability grouping

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Are usually located in upper-income areas

B  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

C  Emphasize a specific are of interest

D  Are voluntarily segregated 

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

B  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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

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  Social-constructive classroom

B  Homogeneous grouping practice

C   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

D  Cooperative learning technique 

A  Cooperative learning is frowned upon

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

C  Students construct their own knowledge

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

A  Are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning 

B  Outperform others on test of cognitive flexibility 

C  Have difficulty on selective attention tasks

D  Are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages

A  Using educational computer game

B  Talking 

C  Reading 

D  Watching educational programming 

A  Emotional intelligence

B  The size of the cerebral cortex

C  Self-discipline

D  SES

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  Below average on intelligence tests during school years 

D  High on intelligence tests by middle childhood 

A  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

B  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

C  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

D  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

A  Interpersonal

B  Bodily-kinesthetic

C  General

D  Interpersonal 

A  Analytical 

B   Practical 

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  Phonics 

B  Pragmatic 

C  Metacognitive

D  Whole-language 

A  Whole-language 

B  Pragmatic 

C  Metacognitive

D  Phonics 

A  Metacognitive awareness

B  Learned helplessness 

C  Interpersonal intelligence

D  Self-regulation

A  Elaboration 

B  Metacognition

C  Cognitive self-regulation

D  Selectivity of attention

A  Metacognition 

B  Rehearsal

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  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

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

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

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

A  Moderate

B  Substantial

C  Little or no

D  Only minor

A  Classify three relations at once

B  Draw maps to scale

C  Readily read maps of extended outdoor environments

D  Seriate mentally

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  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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

A  5 to 10 minutes of recess a day

B  No recess

C  More than 15 minutes of recess a day 

D  The threat of recess cancellation if any child misbehaves 

A  Often results in psychological damage to children 

B  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

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

D  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

A  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

B  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

C  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

D  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

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  Cannot yet visually distinguish fine details

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

C  Has not yet developed adequate depth perception

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

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

B  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

C  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

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

A  Middle-SES children

B  Boys

C  Children who live in rural areas

D  Asain children 

A  Systic fibrosis

B  Sickle cell anemia 

C  Diabetes

D  Asthma

A  The increasing number of hours children sleep at night

B  Ineffective health education in the primary grades

C  The many hours children spend watching television 

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

A  Diabetes 

B  Asthma 

C  Tuberculosis

D  Heart Disease

A  Girls lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

B  Many children experience a decreasing desire for physical exercise 

C  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

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  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