1) a child is not considered to have a learning disability if his or her learning difficulties
can be attributed to:
a. visual, hearing, or motor handicaps.
b. emotional disturbances.
c. a disordered home environment.
d. any of these
2) which of the following statements is not compatible with the biological perspective
on child development?
a. development is always discontinuous.
b. development follows a predictable pattern, unfolding according to a biological
timetable.
c. the environment plays little role in shaping the path of development.
d. compared to the other theories, this perspective best captures the nativist viewpoint.
3) although piaget theorized that adolescents and adults are capable of formal
operational tasks, research suggests that only about ______ percent actually are
capable.
a. 20
b. 30
c. 55
d. 75
4) which teacher is least likely to actively address students learning problems?
a. alice, who believes that behavioral differences are innate
b. bob, who thinks that learning problems are a result of poor parenting
c. claire, who believes that behavioral differences are a direct result of growing up in
different socioeconomic groups
d. david, who believes that learning problems stem from previous poor school
experiences
5) the flexibility of childrens use of word pairs in the two-word stage of early language
development suggests that children are first focused on:
a. meaning, but not structure.
b. structure, but not meaning.
c. both meaning and structure.
d. neither meaning nor structure.
6) as children grow older, written language development evolves into:
a. expanding the variety of writing forms or styles.
b. writing for more abstract purposes.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
7) by what age can most children correctly identify skin color and their own ethnic
group?
a. 1 year
b. 3 years
c. 5 years
d. 6 years
8) morrisons (1995) study conducted with old kindergarteners and young first-graders
demonstrated that:
a. experiments can be conducted in natural settings.
b. school-related experiences rather than age alone have a major impact on cognitive
development.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
9) about what percentage of children age 5 to 12 years are latchkey children?
a. 6 percent
b. 15 percent
c. 24 percent
d. 37 percent
10) twelve-year-old jack knows how to apply different metacognitive strategies in his
learning. jack is using his ______ knowledge.
a. declarative
b. conditional
c. self-regulated
d. procedural