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  Mild mental retardation

D  Emotional problems

A  Is creative 

B  Is talented

C  Is a high- IQ child

D  Uses convergent thinking

A  Most gifted children have high self-esteem 

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  Many gifted children are socially isolated 

A  A shorter school year 

B  Ability grouping

C  Emphasis on native ability 

D  Emphasis on effort

A  Are voluntarily segregated 

B  Are usually located in upper-income areas

C  Use constructivist classrooms rather than traditional classrooms

D  Emphasize a specific are of interest

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

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

C  The racial divide in American public school is gradually improving

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   Educational self-fulfilling prophecy 

C  Cooperative learning technique 

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  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  Using educational computer game

B  Reading 

C  Watching educational programming 

D  Talking 

A  SES

B  Self-discipline

C  The size of the cerebral cortex

D  Emotional intelligence

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  Heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ 

B  IQ variations are largely determines by differences in environment

C  Ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded 

D  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan

A  General

B  Interpersonal

C  Interpersonal 

D  Bodily-kinesthetic

A  Creative 

B  Emotional

C   Practical 

D  Analytical 

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

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

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

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

A  Pragmatic 

B  Phonics 

C  Metacognitive

D  Whole-language 

A  Metacognitive

B  Phonics 

C  Pragmatic 

D  Whole-language 

A  Interpersonal intelligence

B  Metacognitive awareness

C  Learned helplessness 

D  Self-regulation

A  Selectivity of attention

B  Elaboration 

C  Cognitive self-regulation

D  Metacognition

A  Elaboration

B  Rehearsal

C  Organization

D  Metacognition 

A  Most often caused by a highly stressful home life

B  Highly heritable and is also associated with environmental factors

C  Not usually a lifelong disorder 

D  Most commonly treated using behavior modifications techniques 

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

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

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

D  All children with ADHD are hyperactive

A  Only minor

B  Moderate

C  Substantial

D  Little or no

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  Order items along a quantitative dimension

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  Seems to foster self-esteem and social skills

B  Is the leading cause of childhood injury

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

D  Often results in psychological damage to children 

A  Play without rules and rely on individual ability 

B  Practice winning and losing with little personal risk

C  Develop a sense of pride in her superior motor skills

D  Compere against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy

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

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

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

D  Child-invented games are usually contests of individual ability

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  Ginger, an overweight hispanic girl

C  Meghan, a high SES Asian girl

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  Diabetes

B  Asthma

C  Sickle cell anemia 

D  Systic fibrosis

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  Tuberculosis

B  Diabetes 

C  Heart Disease

D  Asthma 

A  Girls have slightly more muscle and boys more body fat

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 lose their teeth slightly earlier than boys

A  The bones of her body had shortened and narrowed

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

C  Her bones were strengthening while her muscles were weakening

D  Her ligaments were not yet firmly attached to bones

A  Slows dramatically

B  Increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood

C  Continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood

D  Speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls