Validity is the degree to which a test measures what it is intended to measure.
Inability to control one’s attention has replaced hyperactivity as the core problem in
attentional or behavioral disorders.
At the level of specific behaviors, social learning is more important than genetics.
Distress, tension, and uneasiness are part of normal development.
Ecological approaches subscribe to the notion that in EBD, the central problem is the
behavior itself and that behavior is a function of environmental events.
In order to prevent EBD, one must view EBD as something more problematic than an
individual difference.
Only those values and behaviors that are incompatible with achieving the larger goals
of education should be modified.
A child with conduct disorder exhibits an intermittent pattern of antisocial behavior.
Experience and heredity contribute about equally to human functioning.
Humans learn fear in a variety of ways.
The difference between delinquent and disordered behavior is clear.
Conduct disorder is largely genetic in origin.
Family form has a very strong effect on emotional development.
Predictive validity quantifies the degree to which a test predicts future performance.
Birth order is an important predictor of EBD.
Transition planning must be part of the IEP for students age 16 or older.
Culture and temperament are interrelated in ways that make identification of problem
behaviors difficult.
Research has shown that being raised by a lesbian mother:
a. Can contribute to a child being gay.
b. Can contribute to a child being lesbian.
c. Has no causal link to a child’s later sexual orientation.
d. A and B.
People are reluctant to identify children with EBD in the early stages of the disorder
because
a. Early identification is expensive
b. Early identification must then lead to treatment
c. Early identification acknowledges the undesirability of EBD
d. All of the above
e. Only A and B
Students with EBD:
a. Behave in ways that anger their teachers and peers.
b. Do not know how to make and keep friends.
c. Find it difficult to adjust to changing expectations.
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
Dysphoria is:
a. Feelings of happiness and unwellness not consistent with one’s circumstances.
b. Feelings of unhappines or unwellness not consistent with one’s circumstances.
c. Feelings of unhappiness or unwellness consistent with one’s circumstances.
d. Feelings of unhappiness and wellness not consistent with one’s circumstances.
Educators must have faith that the proper ________________ alone can make a
difference in a student’s life, even if nothing else can be altered.
a. Classroom environment.
b. Dosage of medication.
c. Individualized education plan.
d. Reinforcement schedule.
Primary prevention of schizophrenia involves:
a. Assessing genetic risks.
b. Avoiding substance abuse.
c. Avoiding stress.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Conduct disorder is known to be closely linked to:
a. MR and ADHD
b. MR and LD
c. ODD and ADHD
d. ODD and LD
Antisocial youth tend to gravitate toward:
a. Deviant peers.
b. Parents.
c. Socially adept peers.
d. Teachers.
The risk for negative behavioral and emotional outcomes in foster children tends to:
a. Decrease with the number of different placements.
b. Increase with the number of different placements.
c. Remain constant regardless of number of placements.
Delinquency, substance abuse, ADHD, conduct problems, physical aggression, covert
behavior such as lying and manipulation, depressed mood, and shyness are problem
behaviors that are:
a. Highly related.
b. Moderately related.
c. Minimally related.
d. Not related.
In Kaslow’s schema for assessing depression, priority is given to:
a. Activity level and then social skills.
b. Self-control and then activity level.
c. Self-control and then social skills.
d. Social skills and then activity level.
Delinquent acts include:
a. Underage consumption of alcohol.
b. Murder
c. Vandalism
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
Violent media action appears to:
a. Cause children to perceive their environment as a more aggressive and dangerous
place.
b. Desensitize children to acts of aggression.
c. Instigate antisocial acts in some cases.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
_________ ____________ can be thought of as the degree to which an assessment tool
matches the standard curriculum.
a. Concurrent reliability.
b. Concurrent validity.
c. Content reliability.
d. Content validity.
The primary factors in an empirically derived model of the development of antisocial
behavior are:
a. Poor peer relations, academic incompetence, and low self-esteem.
b. Poor peer relations, academic incompetence, and shyness.
c. Poor peer relations, shyness, and low self-esteem.
d. Shyness, academic incompetence, and low self-esteem.
Euphoria and frenetic activity are known as:
a. Dysphoria
b. Dysthymia
c. Enuresis
d. Mania
Parental discipline that is both demanding and responsive is referred to as:
a. Authoritarian discipline.
b. Authoritative discipline.
c. Behavioral discipline
d. Positive discipline.
Students are considered to need help with disordered behaviors primarily because of:
a. Behavioral excesses.
b. Behavioral deficiencies.
c. Definitional abnormalities.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Social withdrawal is associated with:
a. Peer aggression.
b. Peer avoidance.
c. Peer rejection.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Social status can be measured using:
a. Direct behavioral observations.
b. Peer nominations.
c. Teacher ratings.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Inattention is a symptom of:
a. ADHD, autism, and conduct disorder.
b. ADHD, mental retardation, and conduct disorder.
c. ADHD, autism, and mental retardation.
d. Mental retardation, autism, and conduct disorder.
Effective interventions in delinquency must involve:
a. Families.
b. Juvenile justice.
c. Schools.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
Evaluation should be used
a. Only to determine eligibility for special education.
b. Only to screen students.
c. Only to plan interventions for students.
d. To screen and determine eligibility.
e. To assess students and plan interventions.
Current school-based intervention programs aimed at decreasing sexual activity are:
a. Highly Effective.
b. Ineffective.
c. Moderately Effective.
d. Minimally Effective.
One of the criteria historically used to identify intellectual disabilities (formerly known
as mental retardation) was IQ. Students were considered to have mental retardation if
their IQ fell below:
a. 30
b. 50
c. 70
d. 90
The most frequently researched cultural factors include:
a. Mass media.
b. Neighborhood.
c. Peer group.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
In most cases, ADHD involves problems in regulating:
a. Attention.
b. Hyperactivity.
c. Motivation.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
The most severe variety of tic disorder is:
a. Asperger’s syndrome.
b. Autism.
c. Rett’s syndrome.
d. Tourette’s disorder.
Effective consequences are not:
a. Certain.
b. Harsh.
c. Immediate.
d. Proportional to the offense.
Externalizing disorders are:
a. Interrelated to each other and to internalizing behaviors.
b. More interrelated to each other than to internalizing behaviors.
c. More interrelated to internalizing behaviors than to each other.
d. Not interrelated.
Most of gang members’ time is spent:
a. Committing criminal acts.
b. Committing violent acts.
c. In non-criminal and non-violent acts.
d. In drug related activities.
Effective intervention in substance abuse must be designed for the:
a. Community.
b. Family.
c. Individual case.
d. Peer group.
The fears that infants have of falling and loud noise are considered:
a. Adaptive.
b. Deviant.
c. Normal.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
According to the National Mental Health Association, the distinction between socially
maladjusted and severely emotionally disturbed is
a. essential to reducing false positives
b. meaningless
c. interpretable only within an ecological framework
d. particularly important when considering students from different cultures