practice 8 Flashcards
According to the United States Census Bureau, which minority group will be the largest among school-age students in 2050?
A. African Americans
B. Native Americans
C. Asians and Pacific Islanders
D. Hispanics
D. Hispanics
Establishing and maintaining productive working relationships between families and schools to facilitate student learning is called
A. teacher-student collaboration
B. administrator-teacher collaboration
C. home-school collaboration
D. medical-school collaboration
C. home-school collaboration
Within a multimethod model of assessment, child interviews are most helpful for which purpose?
A. Incorporating a strength-based perspective
B. Meeting legal guidelines for a comprehensive assessment
C. Providing an accurate timeline of when the problem began and how it has changed over time
D. Establishing rapport and to better understand the child’s perspective on the issue
D. Establishing rapport and to better understand the child’s perspective on the issue
An individual or group acquires the cultural traits of a dominant group through the process of
A. deindividuation
B. assimilation
C. discrimination
D. stereotyping
B. assimilation
Which of the following strategies can teachers use to increase resilience in students?
Select all that apply.
A. Encouraging students to help others daily
B. Teaching that change is a normal part of life
C. Practicing working through long periods of time without taking breaks
D. Helping students develop and maintain daily routines
A. Encouraging students to help others daily
B. Teaching that change is a normal part of life
D. Helping students develop and maintain daily routines
The school psychologist is attending a meeting for Miguel, a kindergarten student who has been refusing to come to school. The teacher reports that when Miguel does come to school he frequently complains of not feeling well and asks to go home. Of the following options, which should be explored first and would likely result in the most favorable outcome for Miguel?
A. Contacting Miguel’s parents to discuss the problem and develop interventions
B. Initiating a report to the Division of Family and Children Services
C. Conducting a functional behavior assessment
D. Observing Miguel in the classroom
A. Contacting Miguel’s parents to discuss the problem and develop interventions
Which of the following is an example of observer drift?
A. A school psychologist is more careful about the observations he makes when being watched by a supervisor.
B. A school psychologist unintentionally changes the standards being used to code a behavior over time.
C. A school psychologist unintentionally cues a child nonverbally, which inadvertently changes the behaviors being observed.
D. A school psychologist fails to note that the device she is using to record observation data has malfunctioned.
B. A school psychologist unintentionally changes the standards being used to code a behavior over time.
Ms. Mason is a school psychologist who is new to an area with a large Haitian population. She wants to ensure that she is culturally sensitive to the Haitian American students with whom she will be working. Which of the following is the most effective way for Ms. Mason to bridge the cultural gap?
A. Visit Haiti to obtain familiarity with the children’s homeland
B. Consult with a culture broker for advice and to facilitate interaction with the community
C. Learn Haitian Creole to communicate effectively with students in their native language
D. Ask a friend from Haiti to translate in meetings with parents who do not speak English
B. Consult with a culture broker for advice and to facilitate interaction with the community
Ms. Mason is a school psychologist who is new to an area with a large Haitian population. She wants to ensure that she is culturally sensitive to the Haitian American students with whom she will be working. Which of the following is the most effective way for Ms. Mason to bridge the cultural gap?
A. Visit Haiti to obtain familiarity with the children’s homeland
B. Consult with a culture broker for advice and to facilitate interaction with the community
C. Learn Haitian Creole to communicate effectively with students in their native language
D. Ask a friend from Haiti to translate in meetings with parents who do not speak English
B. Consult with a culture broker for advice and to facilitate interaction with the community
A student changes their behavior because they know they are being observed. This is called the ________ effect.
A. observed influence
B. Halo
C. Hawthorne
B. Behavior inflation
C. Hawthorne
Competence enhancement approaches are very effective for preventing substance abuse in schools because they
A. teach generic skills for coping with life
B. provide adolescents with organized activities
C. use fear arousal techniques
D. use resistance skill training
Option (A) is correct. Competence enhancement approaches provide students with coping skills to inoculate them against the temptation of using drugs and alcohol as an escape from difficulties.
All of the following are challenges that a school psychologist faces when assessing infants and toddlers EXCEPT
A. getting children to follow structured assessment protocols
B. having children stay on task for long periods of time
C. evaluating children who are unfamiliar with the assessing school psychologist
D. establishing behavioral objectives appropriate for such young ages
Option (D) is correct. It can be challenging for a school psychologist to get young children to follow rigid assessment protocols, pay attention for long periods of time, and work with an unfamiliar adult. However, behavioral objectives appropriate for these ages have been established.
On a parent-support website parents of a fourth-grade student with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have found a self-management intervention that helps students manage their schoolwork. The parents ask the school psychologist if they should implement the intervention with their child. Which of the following describes the school psychologist’s best course of action?
A. Suggesting that the parents request an evaluation to determine whether their child is eligible for possible special education services
B. Telling the parents about other interventions that the psychologist has used before
C. Exploring the professional literature to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention among children with similar characteristics
D. Informing the parents that parent-support sites are not good sources of intervention programs, so they should not use material obtained from them
Correct Answer: C
Option (C) is correct. In this scenario, the best course of action the school psychologist can take is to read the literature on the intervention and determine if there is enough research to prove the intervention is effective.
