Educational Psychology MCQs [set-3]

51. The period of development during which school readiness skills are
developed and most free time is spent playing with friends is called:

A. infancy.

B. early childhood.

C. middle childho
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52. Which one is a basic institution for

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C. family

D. community

Answer: C

53. Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and
the social behavior of a 6-year-old. This discrepancy is referred to by the
authors of your text as an

A. aberration

B. anomaly

C. interindividual difference

D. intraindividual difference

Answer: D

54. According to the Twenty-eighth Annual Report to Congress, the

category of exceptional individuals that is most prevalent is

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 A. autism.

B. speech and language disorders.

C. learning disabilities.

D. intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Answer: C

55. The ecological approach to intervention focuses on

A. direct remediation of developmental delays.

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56. Most of the interventions with children aged 3 through 5 is directed
toward generating more constructive _______________ interactions.

A. parent-child

B. interchild

C. physician-child

D. psychologist-child

Answer: A

57. The movement toward an early intervention model makes which of the
following more important?

A. the family environment

B. the theoretical model

C. the medical model

D. all of these.

Answer: A

58. From an educator's point of view, identification of a student as

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disabled is necessary when the student

A. has an obvious interindividual difference.

B. has an obvious intraindividual difference.

C. requires special adaptations in the educational program.

D. is identified by parents, teachers, school administrators, and support persons as having a

disability

Answer: C

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59. Historically, the disabling condition of any student was perceived as

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D. dependent on the family of the student.

Answer: B

60. In defining the term children with exceptionalities, which characteristic

is most central?

A. the child deviates from the normal population in intellectual ability.

B. the child is from a lower socioeconomic background.

C. the child shows evidence of multiple disabilities.

D. the child`s deviation is extensive enough to warrant modification of educational services or

practices.

Answer: D

61. The term that refers to a child who is between 3-9 years old and a has a
significantly limited, impaired, or delayed learning capacity is

A. communication impairment.

B. developmental delay.

C. specific learning disabilty.

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 D. intellectual impairment.

Answer: B

62. Which of the following criteria can be used to define Intellectual

disabilities?

A. significantly below average intellectual functioning

B. impairments in adaptive functioning generally

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63. According to IDEA, 2004, a child with a developmental disability that
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interaction, generally evident before age 3, would be under the definition
of

A. communication impairment.

B. visual impairment.

C. autism

D. hearing impairment.

Answer: C

64. The first individual who tried to teach children with Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities was

A. itard.

B. binet.

C. gallaudet.

D. montessori.

Answer: A

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65. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have difficulty

A. regulating their activity level.

B. controlling impulsive behavior.

C. maintainingattention.

D. all of these.

Answer: D

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67. The increasing interest in the family as a focus for intervention is
based on the following assumption:

A. intervention for young children with exceptionalities should not be the concern of the public
schools.

B. families are capable of providing the supports needed by children with exceptionalities until
they reach school age.

C. involving and supporting families is likely to be a more powerful intervention than focusing
exclusively on the chi

Answer: C

68. The major goal for the family-focused approach is to

A. give the parents the financial support that they need.

B. help parents become more autonomous and less dependent on professionals.

C. tell the family how to raise their chi

Answer: B

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69. ___________ is the situation in which there are agreed-on
responsibilities within the family for caring for a child with a disability.

A. family dominance

B. family harmony

C. family empowerment

D. family routine

Answer: B

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B. directly determines the development of specific behaviors.

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C. can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.

D. overrides any environmental influences that may occur.

Answer: C

71. When considering the interaction of heredity and environment, it is

important for teachers to understand that

A. changing a child`s environment can have little effect on hereditary influences.

B. present educational viewpoints place most of their emphasis on the role of heredity.

C. present educational viewpoints ascribe to a medical model of exceptionalities.

D. changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can result in behavior changes.

Answer: D

72. Parent empowerment refers to

A. assisting parents in becoming active participants in their child`s education.

B. a parent advocacy group for single working mothers.

C. the process of grieving that many parents of children with disabilities go through.

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 D. none of these.

Answer: A

73. One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing

rapidly is

A. developmental disabilities.

B. learning disabilities.

C. autism.

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74. The FQLS developed by Turnbull and Turnbull
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A. measures improvement in the child`s behavior.

B. defines and measures a family’s quality of life.

C. measures the child’s progress in school.

D. evaluates the quality of the child’s teacher.

Answer: B

75. As collaborative members of their child's multidisciplinary team,

parents can

A. provide professionals with important information about their child.

B. take an active role in teaching their child.

C. reinforce learning that has taken place in the classroom.

D. all of these.

Answer: D

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