A social-learning analysis attributes withdrawal and immaturity to
A) inadequate environment.
B) internal conflicts.
C) unconscious motivations.
D) conscious motivations.
Most scientists argue that the dramatic increase in prevalence statistics for autism is due
to each of the following EXCEPT
A) a widening of the criteria used for diagnosis.
B) a greater awareness of autism in general.
C) widespread use of vaccinations for babies.
D) “diagnostic substitution”(diagnosing with autism rather than intellectual disability).
Each of the following is criteria used by the APA’s DSM-5 EXCEPT
A) communication skills.
B) social interactions.
C) reading skills.
D) repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior.
Each of the following is TRUE about teachers and teacher training in multicultural and
bilingual education EXCEPT
a. We know a great deal about how best to train teachers to be aware of their own
cultural histories and biases.
b. Many people see better teacher education as critically important for improving
performance of many students of color.
c. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act’s concept of a”highly qualified”teacher is open to
question.
d. Better training of teachers includes helping them to be more knowledgeable about
their own cultures.
All of the following are characteristics of persons with Asperger syndrome EXCEPT
A) difficulties in thinking about situations in a nuanced way.
B) tendency to take things said to them literally.
C) tendency to interpret situations using emotion or sentiment rather than logic..
D) difficulties in knowing the “dos and don”ts” of everyday living that most people
learn incidentally.
In addition to IQ and achievement tests, what other method is commonly used to
identify giftedness?
A) nominations
B) personality tests
C) interviews
D) interest inventories
Which one of the following statements about intelligence tests is TRUE?
a) An individual’s IQ score does not change from one testing to another.
b) All IQ tests are culturally biased to a certain extent.
c) The older the child, the less validity and reliability the test has.
d) IQ tests are ideal for assessing a person’s ability to function in society.
Parent organizations have served all of these functions EXCEPT
a. providing information about services and resources.
b. providing the structure for obtaining needed services form their children.
c. provide an informal group for parents who understand one another’s problems and
needs and help one another deal with anxieties and frustrations.
d. evaluating special education programs.
Which of the following is NOT a reason parents of children with severe disabilities cite
for supporting inclusion?
a. to enable siblings with and without disabilities to go to the same school
b. to help their kids acquire social skills
c. because even though nondisabled students do not become more sensitive to students
with disabilities, they should still have to see them
d. because their children can acquire more functional and academic skills due to higher
expectations and good examples
Blindness occurs most often in
a. adulthood.
b. adolescence.
c. early childhood.
d. preadolescence.
Each of the following are true regarding the use of response cards EXCEPT
a. The teacher should create a streamlined procedure for distribution.
b. The teacher must maintain a brisk but reasonable presentation rate.
c. The teacher should allow the students to become comfortable with the procedure
before using it intensively.
d. The teacher should allow the students to share their responses with each other before
showing them to her or him.
A surgically placed shunt that drains excess fluid away from the brain is used to treat
a) microcephalus.
b) encephalitis.
c) meningitis.
d) hydrocephalus.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
a) is a degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive trauma to the brain.
b) was over-diagnosed before the advent of sophisticated neuroimaging techniques.
c) manifests itself in adulthood but is the result of an undiagnosed concussion in early
childhood.
d) is largely a media-created condition.
Deinstitutionalization refers to the movement away from
a. placement in large residential facilities.
b. government responsibility for providing services for people with disabilities.
c. placement in small, community facilities.
d. parental responsibility for the care of children with disabilities.
Mr. Kent has a child in his class who has a terminal illness. He should
A) avoid discussing his personal feelings about death and dying.
B) keep other students from airing their feelings during school hours.
C) be direct and open in discussing death and dying with the class.
D) avoid communicating directly with the child’s parents unless a psychologist is
present.
Pointing to an item while telling a student to pick it up is an example of
a) verbal prompt.
b) gestural prompt.
c) modeling.
d) poor instruction.
Within any shared culture,
a. there are many different subcultures.
b. there are typically three subcultures.
c. there are typically three subcultures and at least two macrocultures.
d. there are usually fewer than five subcultures
An example of a primary language disorder is a/an
A) phonological disorder.
B) articulation disorder.
C) early expressive language delay.
D) fluency disorder.
Pragmatics is the study of
A) word order within sentences.
B) the sound structure of words.
C) the meaning of language.
D) language use in social settings.
The importance of integrated services for students with E/BD means that
A) subject areas within the curriculum should not be taught in isolation from each other.
B) students with E/BD should be fully included in regular classrooms.
C) schools, families, and community agencies should cooperate to meet students’needs.
D) therapy should occur in school within the context of the student’s academic program.
The total communication approach uses
A) Braille and manual communication.
B) sign language and a typewriter.
C) a telephone and a computer.
D) oral and manual communication.
Guide dogs must learn each of the following except
a. keep on a direct route, ignoring distractions.
b. see when a traffic light has changed color.
c. stop at all curbs until told to go.
d. lie quietly when the handler is sitting down.
At present, which theory of communication is considered to have the most direct
implications for speech-language pathologists and teachers?
A) cognitive development
B) pragmatic or social interaction
C) behavioral psychology
D) biological maturation
The ability to keep information in mind while simultaneously doing another task is
a) working memory.
b) passive memory.
c) long-term memory.
d) active memory.
What effect have advances in medicine had on the need for special education due to
physical disabilities?
A) almost eliminated the need for special education for the majority of students with
physical disabilities
B) increased the need for special education for students with severe disabilities
C) made it more difficult to identify students with physical disabilities
D) the number of students needing services has been unaffected by medical advances
A TT, also referred to as TTYs, is a device for
A) decoding closed captions on TV.
B) accessing teletext service.
C) printing sign language texts.
D) communicating via telephone.
Which of the following is a way that Still’s cases were similar to today’s population of
persons with ADHD?
A) Many had average intelligence.
B) The condition was more prevalent in females than males.
C) There was no evidence of a hereditary basis.
D) Most of the children had no other psychological or physical problems.
Which area is often a source of misunderstanding and conflict for the home-school
relationship, especially for students with disabilities?
a. tests
b. homework
c. extracurricular activities
d. recess
There is a dilemma in choosing either to ignore or recognize differences because
a. either choice can perpetuate inequality for members of a subculture.
b. all cultural differences have both advantages and disadvantages, making it difficult to
predict how those differences will affect the individual.
c. in striving to assert their identity, members of subcultures serve only to perpetuate
stereotypes and inequality.
d. in order to fit in at school, students must forfeit the values and beliefs that they
learned at home.
A motivational term referring to a condition wherein a person believes that no matter
how hard he or she tries, failure will result is
a) outside locus of control.
b) self-defeatism.
c) learned helplessness.
d) self-determination.
Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of positive behavioral support?
a) Typically, one factor alone is responsible for the presence of specific behavior.
b) Each behavior carries a communicative intent.
c) All behavior is modifiable.
d) Positive behavioral support is not like to behavior modification.
Professionals have become more cautious in diagnosing intellectual disabilities for all
of the following reasons EXCEPT
a) the stigma associated with the label.
b) the belief that intellectual disabilities are a socially constructed condition.
c) overrepresentation of children from ethnic minority groups.
d) increasing costs associated with special education.
In the pursuit of equality and fairness, educational reformers are working toward all of
the following EXCEPT
a. teaching tolerance and appreciation of difference.
b. finding ways to work without involving families who seem reluctant to help.
c. improving instruction of language-minority students.
d. adopting effective teaching practices.