1) baldness, hemophilia, and sickle-cell anemia are all examples of disorders caused by:
a. dominant genes.
b. recessive genes.
c. polygenetic traits.
d. sex-linked characteristics.
2) in bronfenbrenners model of child development, the outermost circle represents the
childs ______.
a. cultural context
b. temperamental, mental, and physical characteristics
c. immediate physical and social environment
d. social and economic context
3) second step, a school-based violence prevention program presented in the text,
focuses on which set of competencies?
a. empathy, social problem solving, anger management
b. problem definition, problem evaluation, and brainstorming of solutions
c. interpretation of social cues, generation of socially desirable responses, and
evaluation of actions
d. instrumental aggression, hostile aggression, and verbal aggression
4) you notice that one of your students regularly comes to school with dirty clothes and
poor hygiene. he rarely brings lunch or has the money to buy it at school. which type of
child maltreatment is it likely this child is experiencing?
a. physical abuse
b. neglect
c. sexual abuse
d. emotional maltreatment
5) during the past year, 13-year-old amelia experienced a 25 percent increase in her
body weight. this weight gain was associated with an increase in watching television, as
well as decreased physical activity. which eating disorder does amelia have?
a. menarche
b. anorexia
c. bulimia
d. obesity
6) as a school administrator designing a sex education program for your school district,
you should do all of the following except:
a. include training on decision-making and interpersonal skills needed to assert oneself
in sexual matters and situations.
b. provide information about sexuality and contraceptives.
c. begin your program in the junior and senior years of high school.
d. have a school-based health clinic where students can obtain contraceptives.
7) according to sternbergs model, ______ intelligence involves the ability to cope with
new situations in an effective, efficient, and insightful manner.
a. practical
b. experiential
c. contextual
d. componential
8) emily, who is 5 years old, draws pictures of houses, animals, and people. which stage
of drawing is she most likely to be in?
a. placement stage
b. basic shapes
c. design stage
d. pictorial stage
9) the purpose of service leaning is to:
a. foster positive youth development.
b. effect positive changes for community recipients.
c. train students to work in the service professions.
d. foster positive youth development and effect positive changes for community
recipients.
10) mr. selma teams up the children in his multicultural classroom to explore
similarities and differences in their families. he also encourages visitors from different
ethnic groups to visit his class so that his students can see positive images of various
ethnic groups. based on the educational implications of ethnic perspective taking
presented in the text, what age group do you think mr. selma teaches?
a. late adolescence
b. early adolescence
c. middle childhood
d. early childhood
11) one of your students continues to act innappropriately in class in an effort to attract
the attention of his peers. in order to avoid reinforcing this behavior, you should
consider adopting which of the following strategies?
a. ignoring the students outbursts and attending only to the her positive behavior
b. modeling appropriate ways of getting anothers attention
c. both of these
d. neither of these