practice questions 2 Flashcards
Children who are nonnative English speakers may exhibit difficulty during a formal cognitive assessment if they are having trouble understanding directions or understanding items presented
in English. Which is the BEST accommodation that could be made to obtain the most accurate representation of the student’s cognitive abilities?
a. allow the student to use an English to native language dictionary during testing
b. request that the student’s parent or sibling be present to translate the assessment.
c. use an interpreter who is familiar with the student’s native language to translate the assessment
d. Request a school psychologist who is fluent in the child’s native language administer the
assessment
e. only perform informal measures of assessment, such as observation, teacher interview, student interview, and review of records to avoid making the child feel uncomfortable with the language barrier.
Request a school psychologist who is fluent in the child’s native language administer the
assessment
Which of the following components is NOT included when conducting an ecological assessment?
a. Observation of classroom teaching strategies
b. Interviewing the student’s attitudes toward school
c. Interviewing parents about parenting styles/strategies
d. Assessing the student’s performance on class work
e. Assessing student’s socioeconomic status
d. Assessing the student’s performance on class work
Which of the following is an example of a social skill training method used to enhance acquisition deficits for preschoolers? a. Behavioral rehearsal b. Stimulus control training c. Peer initiation strategies d. Cognitive‐behavior therapy e. Reinforcement strategies
Behavioral rehearsal
A School Psychologist must employ the use of effective communication skills during an interview
with a student.The following are all techniques used by an effective interviewer except:
a. Active listening responses
b. Paying attention to verbal cues and non‐verbal cues
c. Using humor to dismiss feelings of inadequacy
d. Self disclosing in order to strengthen a point
e. Use of open‐ended and close‐ended questions to explore the presenting problem
c. Using humor to dismiss feelings of inadequacy
While the aim for journals is to accept only high quality research, there are still some research articles of lower quality that do get accepted.Which of the following statements does NOT represent good quality research?
I. That the sample is large and representative of the population, and the sample was randomly
assigned.
II. That the researcher has made a conclusion based on results that the study did not test.
III. That the study tests the given hypothesis pertaining to the specific purpose of the study, but also tests other related hypotheses.
IV. That the researcher conducts a correlation study and concludes that the manipulation of the independent variable is the cause of the change in the dependent variable.
a. I and III
b. II only
c. II, III, and IV
d. II and IV
e. I only
d. II and IV
Which of the following is included in the definition for diagnosing mental retardation by IDEA in addition to cognitive impairments? a. Functional Behavior Problems b. Curriculum‐Based Problems c. Adaptive Behavior Deficits d. Personality Problems e. Ecological Problems
c. Adaptive Behavior Deficits
Interview formats can vary from highly structured to semi‐structured and unstructured
approaches.Which of the following is NOT a component of a structured interview approach?
a. Parallel forms for parents, children and sometimes teachers
b. Strict adherence to standard procedures for asking questions
c. Tailored questions to specific concerns raised by the interviewee
d. Time consuming process of data collection
e. Rigid pattern on questioning that may seem unnatural and tedious for both the interviewer
and interviewee
c. Tailored questions to specific concerns raised by the interviewee
Collin D. Elliot developed an individually administered test battery intended to measure cognitive
and achievement levels for classification and diagnostic purposes.The instrument is intended to
provide the examiner with a wider range of measurement that allows a profile of the child’s
strengths and weaknesses.Which assessment instrument did Elliot develop?
a. Diagnostic Achievement Battery – 2nd Edition
b. Informal Assessment of Multiple Intelligence
c. Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)
d. Wide Range Achievement Test, Third Edition (WRAT‐3)
e. Differential Abilities Scale‐II (DAS‐II)
e. Differential Abilities Scale‐II (DAS‐II)
Mrs. English, a 6th grade teacher, is having a difficult time understanding why over 60% of her class
is not demonstrating understanding of the class material as indicated by failing grades on the tests.
The school psychologist suggests analyzing the Academic Learning Time (ALT) in order to increase
the students’ engagement in class.Which of the following examples is NOT considered best
practice when looking to analyze Academic Learning Time (ALT)?
a. Mrs. English conducts a self‐analysis to determine things, such as managing transitions,
relating class material to student interests, etc.
b. The school psychologist observes the classroom to better understand the classroom
environmental factors
c. The school psychologist conducts a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) to determine the
relationship between the students’ performance and the environmental factors of the
instructional setting
d. Mrs. English’s assistant observes and records the number of students and amount of time
students are actively participating within the classroom
e. The teacher discusses the homework regimen and after‐school routine with parents at
parent‐teacher conferences
e. The teacher discusses the homework regimen and after‐school routine with parents at
parent‐teacher conferences
. What are three violence prevention methods a school psychologist can implement in his/her school
district?
a. Implementing programs that teach students better social skills, improving environmental
factors, increasingamount of socializing
b. Implementing programs that teach students better social skills, intervening with at‐risk
students, involving students, staff and parents
c. Intervening with at‐risk students, providing in‐services for teachers, improving
environmental factors
d. Intervening with at‐risk students, improving environmental factors, providing parent
training classes
e. Installing metal detectors and conducting criminal history checks on students
b. Implementing programs that teach students better social skills, intervening with at‐risk
students, involving students, staff and parents
Internal validity is best defined as:
a. The extent to which rival hypotheses can explain the findings of an experiment
b. The extent to which an experiment rules out alternative explanation of the findings
c. The extent to which the findings are thought to be true of the current experiment
d. The extent to which the findings can be applied to similar groups of people
b. The extent to which an experiment rules out alternative explanation of the findings
What is typically done to reduce the possibility of selection biases?
a. Choose the sample from a population that is believed to be very similar
b. Control for the similarity of experimental participants
c. Use random assignment to place participants into different experimental conditions
d. Add a control group to the experiment
c. Use random assignment to place participants into different experimental conditions
External validity is mostly concerned with:
a. The accuracy of experimental hypotheses
b. The importance of applying the findings of experiments to different samples
c. The generalizability of the findings beyond the setting and sample of the experiment
d. The validity and appropriateness of using lab research in natural settings
c. The generalizability of the findings beyond the setting and sample of the experiment
What is treatment integrity or fidelity?
a. The level or intensity of treatment
b. The extent of which the treatment was conducted as intended
c. The extent to which the treatment is ethical
d. The extent to which the treatment is well specified
b. The extent of which the treatment was conducted as intended
Which of the following is required in justifying the use of deception?
a. The actual purpose is difficult to understand
b. The nature of the research is controversial
c. Less deceptive techniques will not produce the desired effect
d. The deception will be easier for the participant to accept
c. Less deceptive techniques will not produce the desired effect
Which of the following is not a necessary component of informed consent?
a. Competence
b. Structure
c. Knowledge
d. Volition
b. Structure
Methodology can be thought of as:
a. A thought process
b. Unimportant if a study reports important findings
c. Problem solving
d. Both a and c
d. Both a and c
In inferential statistics the object is usually to generalize from a ______ to a ______.
a. data; variable
b. sample; population
c. population; sample
d. constant; variability
b. sample; population
. Y can be most accurately predicted from X if the correlation between X and Y is ________.
a. 0.80
b. 0.00
c. 0.45
d. ‐0.98
d. ‐0.98
Which of the following is not a correlation coefficient?
a. Pearson r
b. eta
c. rho
d. chi square
c. rho
At the school where you work, a teacher who has recently gotten fired storms into the building witha loaded gun and begins screaming and yelling.He fires off several shots and wounds two teachers.The police are quickly able to get in the building and arrest the man.The crisis plan goes
into effect immediately. As the principal handles things with the administration and works directly with the police and medical assistance, your primary job as the school psychologist should be to do
which of the following?
a. Handle the communication with the parents and reassure them that their children are safe
b. Stay with the teachers who have been wounded
c. Call the administration and inform them of any updates
d. Stay beside the principal and help her speak to the police
a. Handle the communication with the parents and reassure them that their children are safe
School psychologists are trained in all of the following areas pertaining to crisis response in school
except which of the following?
a. Implement prevention and intervention programs that reduce aggressive behaviors among
youths
b. Participate in and facilitate evidence‐based procedures to respond to targeted threats of
violence
c. Help communities prepare for responses to crises spawned by violence
d. Act as the leader and make all of the primary decisions in a crisis situation
e. Help schools prepare for responses to crises
d. Act as the leader and make all of the primary decisions in a crisis situation
Cindy is struggling with math.Her teacher, Mrs. Apple, is implementing an intervention utilizing
practice and reinforcement making memorization of facts and rules a fundamental way of learning.
Which approach to learning is being used by Mrs. Apple?
a. Behavioral Approach
b. Humanistic Approach
c. Cognitive Education Approach
d. Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic Approach
e. Existential Approach
a. Behavioral Approach
Which instrument is more of a theory based measure of basic psychological processing than a statistically derived approach to measuring cognitive abilities?
a. CAS
b. WISC‐IV
c. Stanford Binet – 5th Ed.
d. WJ‐III
e. WIAT‐III
a. CAS