PSY-203 CHP 9

Question 1

During the elementary school years, boys are usually ___
(taller/shorter) on average than girls.

Answer 1

shorter

Question 2

Which of the following issues are not included in a true learning disability?

Answer 2

hearing impairments

motor disabilities

visual impairments

Question 3

Referral bias means that boys are more likely to be sent for treatment by teachers because of

Answer 3

troublesome behavior

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding autistic disorder and Asperger syndrome are true?

Answer 4

Children with Asperger syndrome frequently engage in obsessive repetitive routines and preoccupations with a particular subject.

Asperger syndrome is on the mild range of the autism spectrum, whereas autistic disorder is on the severe range.

Autistic disorder includes abnormalities in communication and stereotyped patterns of behavior.

Question 5

Delores has autism, but instead of being taught in a class with other children with disabilities, she attends the same second-grade classroom as the other children she lives near. This is an example of

Answer 5

inclusion

Question 6

______ influences what people notice and how they interpret information.

Answer 6

knowledge

Question 7

Select all that apply

Knowledge influences memory in which of the following ways?

Answer 7

The ability to remember and reason

What is noticed

How information is interpreted

Question 8

Which of the following are strategies that can be used by teachers who are helping to improve children’s long-term memory?

Answer 8

elaboration

mental imagery

Question 9

Which of the following aspects of executive function are most important for young children’s cognitive development and school success?

Answer 9

self-control

working memory

flexibility

Question 10

___ is the ability to solve problems as well as to learn from and adapt to experiences.

Answer 10

intelligence

Question 11

The stable, consistent ways in which people differ from each other are known as Blank______ differences.

Answer 11

individual

Question 12

___ age is Binet’s measure of an individual’s level of intellectual development compared with that of others.

Answer 12

mental

Question 13

Which of the following areas are included on the Stanford-Binet 5?

Answer 13

quantitative reasoning

knowledge

visual-spatial reasoning

working memory

fluid reasoning

Question 14

Which of the following explains why some intelligence experts have doubts about multiple-intelligence approaches?

Answer 14

People who do well in one area of intelligence tend to do well in other areas; therefore the need for multiple intelligences is not necessary.