Final Flashcards
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Baddeley and colleagues proposed a thee-part working memory system that contained a central executive system that regulated which two subordinate systems?
A. Visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop
B. Short-term and long term memory
C. Episodic and semantic memory
D. Iconic and echoic memory
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A. Visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop
2
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Long-term memory can be conceptually divided into two distinct sub-division. What are they called? A. Episodic and semantic memory B. Echoic and iconic memory C. Declarative and nondeclarative memory D. Primacy and recency effect
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C. Declarative and nondeclarative memory
3
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What is the type of memory that is related to the recollection of personal memories? A. Episodic memory B. Anterograde memory C. Nondeclaratice memory D. Autobiographical memory
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D. Autobiographical memory
4
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What term is used to describe memory retrieval without the aide of external cues A. Recognition B. Free recall C. Learning D. Incidental Learning
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B. Free recall
5
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What type of memory has limited capacity and provides temporary storage to manipulate information for complex cognitive tasks such as learning and reasoning? A. Long-term memory B. Short-term memory C. Working memory D. Sensory memory
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C. Working memory
6
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All of the following terms are associated with executive functions except for A. Tactile perception B. Self-monitoring C. Planning D. Abstract reasoning
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A. Tactile perception
7
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Which of the following frontal-subcortical circuits is NOT involved with the regulation of behavior? A. Dorsolateral prefronal cortex B. Oculumotor circuit C. Orbitalfrontal circuit D. Anterior cingulate circuit
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B. Oculumotor circuit
8
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Which of the frontal-subcortical circuits helps regulate socially appropriate behaviors under typical circumstances? A. Oculumotor circuit B. Anterior cingulate circuit C. Dorsolateral circuit D. Orbitalfrontal ciruit
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D. Orbitalfrontal ciruit
9
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Damage to this frontal subcortical circuit can cause decreased retrieval fluency, poor organization skills, poor planning, impaired set shifting, etc. What frontal subcortical circuit seems to be impaired? A. Orbitalfrontal ciruit B. Anterior cingulate circuit C. Dorsolateral circuit D. Oculumotor circuit
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C. Dorsolateral circuit
10
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Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who sustained a head injury to his orbitofrontal region of the brain
A. True
B. False
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A. True
11
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A tendency to repeat the same response over and over again, even when shown to be inappropriate, is referred to as A. Initiation deficit B. Perseveration C. Utilization Behavior D. Echpraxia
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B. Perseveration
12
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All of the following are examples of constructs that could be classified as speed and efficiency of cognitive processing, except one. Which one? A. Processing speed B. Cognitive Fluency C. Comprehension-Knowledge D. Cognitive Efficiency
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C. Comprehension-Knowledge
13
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Which of the two major tests of cognitive processing include a processing speed component? A. WISC and WJ-COG B. WISC and KABC C. KABC and SBV D. WJ-COG and WISC
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A. WISC and WJ-COG
D. WJ-COG and WISC
14
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A school neuropscyholgical evaluation should emphasize a global measure of intelligence.
A. True
B. False
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B. False
15
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What subtype of reading disorder is characterized by overreliance on memorizing a whole word as seen in space rather than phonetic decoding A. Pure alexia B. Phonological dyslexia C. Surface Dyslexia D. Direct Dyslexia
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B. Phonological dyslexia
16
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What subtype of a reading disorder is characterized by overreliance on visual and semantic cues and frequent semantic errors during reading A. Semantic dyslexia B. Direct dyslexia C. Surface dyslexia D. Phonological dyslexia
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A. Semantic dyslexia
17
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What subtype of a written language disorder is characterized by an inability or difficulty with sequencing letters accurately in words? A. Phonological dysgraphia B. Surface dysgraphia C. Mixed dysgraphia D. Direct dysgraphia
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C. Mixed dysgraphia
18
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What subtype of a written language disorder does not involve a cognitive component but results in poor penmanship? A. Phonological dysgraphia B. Surface dysgraphia C. Mixed dysgraphia D. Motor dysgraphia
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D. Motor dysgraphia
19
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What subtype of a mathematic disorder results in difficulties with oor alignment of number columns? A. Visual-Spacial dyscalculia B. Semantic-Memory dyscalculia C. Procedural dyscalculia D. Verbal dyscalculia
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A. Visual-Spacial dyscalculia
20
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This formal measure of social-emotional functioning examines an individual's ability to recognize affect from visual stimuli A. NEPSY-II Affect recognition B. RCMAS-2 C. CDI-2 D. NEPSY-II Theory of Mind
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A. NEPSY-II Affect recognition
21
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This formal measure of social-emotional functioning assesses the ability to understand mental functions such as belief, intention, deception, emotion, imagination and pretending, as well as the ability to understand that others have their own thoughts, ideas, and feelings tht may be different from one's one and the ability to understand how emotion relates to social context and to recognize the appropriate affect given various socil contexts. A. NEPSY-II Affect recognition B. RCMAS-2 C. CDI-2 D. NEPSY-II Theory of Mind
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D. NEPSY-II Theory of Mind
22
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The following rating scale offers a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to routinely screen for autism spectrum disorders. A. NEPSY-II Affect recognition B. Social communication questionnaire C. Children's PTSD Inventory D. NEPSY-II Theory of Mind
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B. Social communication questionnaire
23
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All of the following subtests on the CASL-2 assess for an individual's supralinguistic and pragmatic language skills except for A. Nonliteral language B. Meaning from context C. Inference D. Grammatical Morphemes
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D. Grammatical Morphemes
24
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All of the following measures are quantitative measures of social-emotional functioning except for A. BASC-3 B. CDI-2 C. SCT D. RCMAS-2
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C. SCT
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______ language measures awareness of appropriate language in a situational context and an ability to modify this language as necessary.
A. Pragmatic
B. Supralinguistic
C. Lexical
D. Semantic
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A. Pragmatic
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_____ language measures comprehension of complex language in which meaning is not directly available from lexical or grammatical information
A. Pragmatic
B. Supralinguistic
C. Lexical
D. Semantic
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B. Supralinguistic
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During an adaptive functioning assessment, an individual s asked questioning about all of the following except
A. Practical skills
B. Social skills
C. Conceptual skills
D. Emotional Functioning
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D. Emotional Functioning
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All of the following adaptive skills are considered within the ______ domain:
-Starts household chores at once when told to do so
-Routine arrives at places on time
-Works on home or school activity for at least 15 minutes without reminders
A. Home living
B. Leisure
C. Self-care
D. Self-direction
D. Self-direction
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All of the following domain of adaptive functioning assessed on the ABAS-3, except for
A. Home living
B. Leisure
C. Self-direction
D. Scholastic achievement
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D. Scholastic achievement
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All of the following adaptive skills are considered within the ______ domain:
-Uses fork to eat solid food
-Buttons own clothing
-Ties his or her own shoes
A. Home living
B. Leisure
C. Self-care
D. Self-direction
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C. Self-care
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All of the following adaptive skills are considered within the ______ domain:
-Starts household chores at once when told to do so
-Routine arrives at places on time
-Works on home or school activity for at least 15 minutes without reminders
A. Home living
B. Leisure
C. Self-care
D. Self-direction
D. Self-direction
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Which of the following tests measures a child's executive functions using a rating scale completed by either the parent of teacher?
A. D-KEFS
B. WCST
C. BRIEF
D. Stroop color-word test
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C. BRIEF
