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Assessment of covert anti-social behavior necessarily involves:
a. Direct observation.
b. Direct measurement.
c. Self analysis.
d. Self report.
Prevalence estimates vary for all of the following reasons:
a. Definition is unsettled
b. Differences in methods of identification
c. Differences in social policy
d. All of the above
e. Only B and C
Tics that require intervention involve:
a. Only the facial muscles.
b. Only the hands.
c. The entire head, neck, and shoulders.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B
Two professional organizations important to the education of students with EBD and
founded in the early twentieth century were
a. Council for Exceptional Children and the American Orthopsychiatric Association
b. Council for Exceptional Children and the American Medical Association
c. Council for Deviance and the American Orthopsychiatric Association
d. Council for Deviance and the American Medical Association
In negative reinforcement traps, each person in the trap tends to reciprocate the other's
aversive behaviors via:
a. Aggression.
b. Coercion.
c. Reinforcement.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
The syndrome known as autism was first identified in:
a. the 1400s
b. the 1700s in early colonial America
c. the 1880s
d. the 1940s
Higher than optimal doses of medications for ADHD:
a. Are appropriate depending upon diet.
b. May impair learning.
c. Will lessen problem behaviors.
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
An emerging approach to special education eligibility involves:
a. Criterion based evaluation.
b. Curriculum based evaluation.
c. Standards based assessment.
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
The most effect treatment for Tourette's syndrome includes:
a. Cognitive behavioral therapy.
b. Diet therapy.
c. Drug therapy.
d. All of the above.
e. A and C.
For most types of EBD:
a. Genetic contributions remain clear and environmental factors remain far more
important for educators.
b. Genetic contributions remain clear and environmental factors remain far less
important for educators.
c. Genetic contributions remain unclear and environmental factors remain far more
important for educators.
d. Genetic contributions remain unclear and environmental factors remain far less
important for educators.
The single best predictor of educational achievement among students with EBD is
a. Achievement
b. Degree of EBD
c. Family History
d. IQ
Two characteristics most closely linked to the way in which students respond to the
demands of school are:
a. Intelligence and academic achievement.
b. Intelligence and family structure.
c. Emotional intelligence and academic achievement.
d. Emotional intelligence and family structure.
During the postwar years and into the 1950s, the trend in education for students with
disabilities in the United States can best be described as
a. inclusionary
b. focusing on the demonstration of systematic interventions
c. focusing on interventions carried out in the home
d. exclusionary
Students with disabilities are entitled to:
a. Informed parental consent for initial assessment.
b. Informed parental consent for re-evaluation.
c. Assessment using a variety of validated tools.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Three approaches which can be particularly successful in resolving children's irrational
fears include:
a. Modeling, desensitization, and resistance training.
b. Modeling, desensitization, and self-control training.
c. Modeling, resistance training, and self-control training.
d. Resistance training, desensitization, and self-control training.
Aggression is maintained via:
a. External reinforcement.
b. Self reinforcement.
c. Vicarious reinforcement.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
Emotional or behavioral disorders tend to be identified in approximately ___ of the
school aged population:
a. 1%
b. 2%
c. 3%
d. 4%
e. 5%
Functional behavioral assessment can be used to arrange an instructional program that
maximizes
a. Behavior problems while resolving freedom.
b. Behavior problems while resolving discipline.
c. Discipline while resolving behavior problems.
d. Freedom while resolving behavior problems.
When studying the social context of behavior, researchers examine the effects of:
a. Modeling
b. Punishment
c. Reinforcement
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Researchers have found a relationship between _____________ and decreased alcohol
and tobacco use among middle school students.
a. Authoritarian discipline.
b. Authoritative discipline.
c. Behavioral discipline
d. Positive discipline.
Using an instructional approach to problem behavior, students
a. Receive grades for behavior
b. Study behavior as a content area
c. Take tests on behavior
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
The degree to which an assessment accurately predicts a future criterion is known as:
a. Criterion reliability.
b. Criterion validity.
c. Predictive reliability.
d. Predictive validity.
The majority of emotional or behavioral disorders are defined by:
a. Sociocultural development
b. Sociocultural expectations
c. Universal developmental norms
d. Universal expectations
The fact that depression runs in families reflects:
a. Depressed mothers who lack parenting skills.
b. Family interactions that foster depression.
c. Genetic influences on behavior.
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
Antisocial students often:
a. Gravitate toward a deviant peer group.
b. Have high status in peer groups.
c. Reject prosocial models.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
Conduct disorder includes such acts as:
a. Firesetting
b. Lying
c. Theft
d. Vandalism
e. All of the above
Symptoms of PTSD can include:
a. Recurrent and intrusive thoughts, images, or dreams.
b. Emotional numbing or unresponsiveness.
c. Difficulty sleeping or concentrating.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
The most effective therapies for addressing OCD are based on:
a. Humanistic principles.
b. Psychodynamic principles.
c. Social learning principles.
d. All of the above.
e. Only B and C.
False negatives are those students who
a. Do not have emotional or behavioral disorders but are identified
b. Do not have emotional or behavioral disorders and are not identified
c. Have emotional or behavioral disorders and are identified
d. Have emotional or behavioral disorders but are not identified
The full inclusion movement was criticized for
a. Advocating individual needs over group needs
b. Advocating labels over strengths
c. Failing to consider individual needs of students
d. Failing to consider the stigma of labels
