Heightened risk for schizophrenia means that a person will develop the disorder.
Assessment of EBD according to the definition provided in IDEA must include the
extent to which the student exhibits an inability to learn not explained by intellectual,
sensory, or health factors.
Emotional intelligence and behavioral adaptation are the two characteristics most
closely linked to the way in which students respond to the demands of school.
In an intact family, parental discord may exert a more pernicious influence than parental
separation.
Affective concerns within the classroom should be ignored.
In practice, MDT decisions are often made with information from limited sources.
Enuresis may be diurnal or nocturnal.
Genetics seem to play a role in ADHD.
Children in substitute care are at high risk for developing EBD.
Obsessions are actually worries about real-life problems.
Fatalism is the belief that there is not much we can do to help individuals with
disabilities.
Food allergies can cause ADHD.
The conceptual foundations of special education lie in psychology and psychiatry.
Students with EBD are often placed in programs for students with learning disabilities.
The field of special education has yet to adequately identify the population of students
with EBD.
Periodic revaluation for special education is required only when manifestation
determination becomes an issue.
EBD does not usually manifest itself until early adolescence.
Students with EBD typically fall in the normal range of intelligence.
Children whose parents are divorced have lower scholastic aptitude, perform less well
in school, and have less confidence in their academic abilities than do children from
intact families.
In a behaviorally based intervention, teachers choose a target response.
ADHD is solely an American phenomenon.
Children with conduct disorder are noncompliant but generally refrain from aggression.
Hyperactivity usually accompanies attention deficits.
Eligibility for special education can be determined through a brief screening procedure.
Self-injurious behavior may be the result of biochemical deficiencies.
Social learning theory suggests that children learn aggressive responses by observing
models.
Anxiety is solely a learned behavior.
Students with EBD must be included in general assessments of educational progress.
The onset of schizophrenia is often insidious.
Most emotional or behavioral disorders are caused by poor parenting.
Accurate screening instruments require predictive validity.
Eligibility decisions for special education are made by special educators.
Because emotional and behavior disorders are caused by stress, treatment should focus
on the development of coping mechanisms.
Progressive education programs have historically benefited racial and ethnic minorities.
Interventions associated with the biological model include drug therapy.
Children with extreme anxiety and social withdrawal have a worse prognosis for adult
adjustment than does the child with an externalizing disorder.
ADHD does not typically present until puberty.
Using the ecological model, the individual is evaluated according to his or her
a. Complex social system
b. Dynamic unconscious
c. Dynamic conscious
d. All of the above
e. Only A and B
Direct observation is particularly important when evaluating disorders that involve:
b. Depression.
c. Externalizing problems.
d. Internalizing problems.
e. Mania.
When several risk factors co-occur, their effects are:
a. Additivive
b. Exponential
c. Multiplicative
d. Separate
A less severe form of depression not characterized by a major depressive episode is
referred to as:
a. Dysphoria
b. Dysthymia
c. Enuresis
d. Mania
Perhaps the major problem in assessing covert conduct disorder involves:
a. Direct observation of the behavior.
b. Reliability of assessment instruments.
c. Validity of assessment instruments.
d. Rating of the behavior.
A child’s unique temperament is generally observable, and influences those around him
or her:
a. From birth.
b. By the age of 18 months to 2 years.
c. By the time they enter kindergarten.
d. As they enter puberty.
Temperament may play a role in the development of EBD, but only in
a. The absence of appropriate nurturing.
b. The absence of TBI.
c. Certain environments.
d. Conjunction with environment.
The treatment of EBD should focus upon:
a. The development of coping mechanisms
b. The reduction of environmental stresses
c. The resolution of intrapsychic conflicts
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Most children with schizophrenia:
a. Lose their symptoms before adulthood.
b. Lose their symptoms before adolescence.
c. Lose their symptoms after adulthood.
d. Never lose their symptoms completely.
In behavioral interventions:
a. Rewarding antecedents should precede desirable behavior.
b. Rewarding consequences should follow desirable behavior.
c. Punishing consequences should follow undesirable behavior.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and B.
Current political and economic trends most likely have what influence on the
identification and educational services provided to students with EBD?
a. about the right number of students are probably identified and served
b. too few students are probably identified and served
c. too many students are probably identified and served
d. none
Assessment of ADHD should typically involve:
a. Blood test, clinical interview with psychologist, and parent and teacher behavior
ratings.
b. Medical exam, blood test, and parent and teacher behavior ratings.
c. Medical exam, clinical interview with psychologist, and blood test.
d. Medical exam, clinical interview with psychologist, and parent and teacher behavior
ratings.
The process of building new responses by beginning with behavior the student already
exhibits is known as:
a. Contingency contract
b. Modeling
c. Shaping
d. Stimulus change
Hallucinations of children and adolescents frequently have:
a. Historical or familial content.
b. Historical or religious content.
c. Sexual or familial content.
d. Sexual or religious content.
Better liked youth are those who can:
a. Appeal to group norms by alienating peers.
b. Appeal to group norms without alienating peers.
c. Disregard group norms by alienating peers.
d. Disregard group norms without alienating peers.
In families of antisocial children, interactions are characterized by:
a. Negative and hostile behaviors.
b. Negative and gratifying behaviors.
c. Positive and hostile behaviors.
d. Positive and gratifying behaviors.
Only about _____ percent of all adolescents are at some time officially delinquent.
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 50
e. 60
Students with and without behavior disorders differ in terms of:
a. Frequency of behavior
b. Types of behavior
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
PTSD can be caused by:
a. Accidents
b. Genetics
c. Wars
d. All of the above
e. Only A and C
By age 15, the prevalence of depression is:
a. About the same in boys and girls.
b. Is higher among boys than girls.
c. Is higher among girls than boys.
An observation of adaptive behavior would be most valid if performed in a:
a. Classroom
b. Clinical setting.
c. Doctor’s office
d. Laboratory setting.
Status offenses include:
a. Murder, running away from home, and sexual promiscuity.
b. Truancy, murder, and sexual promiscuity.
c. Truancy, running away from home, and murder.
d. Truancy, running away from home, and sexual promiscuity.
In general:
a. Adequate nutrition is crucial; excluding certain food substances seldom is.
b. Adequate nutrition is crucial; excluding certain food substances is also crucial.
c. Adequate nutrition is important as is excluding certain food substances.
The severity of TBI depends on:
a. Part of brain injured, severity of damage, and age at injury.
b. Part of brain injured, gender of injured, and age at injury.
c. Part of brain injured, severity of damage, and gender of injured.
d. Gender of injured, severity of damage, and age at injury.
The most common emotional or behavioral disorders of childhood are:
a. Anxious-withdrawn behaviors and conduct disorder.
b. Anxious-withdrawn behaviors and schizophrenia.
c. Deppressive behaviors and conduct disorder.
d. Depressive behaviors and schizophrenia.
Children exhibiting selective mutism are:
a. Extremely reluctant to speak.
b. Unable to acquire normal speech.
c. Unable to articulate clearly.
d. Unable to talk.
Issues of prevalence and ethnic disproportionality clearly suggest that
a. Some ethnic groups are overidentified as having emotional or behavioral disorders
b. Some ethnic groups are more underidentified than others as having emotional or
behavioral disorders
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
In the United States during the years 1931 to 1945, services for children and youths
with disabilities
a. Were limited in the schools because of WWII and the depression
b. Exceeded those available at the present
c. Excluded students with sensory disabilities such as deafness
d. Focused on the treatment of polio because of President Roosevelt’s condition
In practice, professionals tend to adhere to
a. A single conceptual approach
b. A single clinical experience
c. Multiple conceptual approaches
d. Multiple clinical experiences
Evaluation for special education should include
a. Assessment of peer relations.
b. Direct behavioral observations.
c. Standardized assessments of behavior.
d. All of the above.
e. Only A and C.
Experts believe that __________ percent of students with LD or EBD also have ADHD.
a. 20
b. 40
c. 60
d. 80