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- Female brains are bigger than male brains.
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True or False
2 Which of the following statements is a difference between boys and girls?
Multiple Choice
- Boys are more likely than girls to value self-assertion in their interactions with friends.
- Boys show more self-regulation of their emotions than do girls.
- Girls show less internalized sadness and positive emotions than do boys.
- Girls are more likely than boys to be assigned to special/remedial education classes.
3 Which of the following is an example of a type of acceleration program aimed at improving the performance of children who are gifted?
Multiple Choice
- Apprenticeship
- After-school programs
- Grade skipping
- Special classes
4 Giftedness is dependent upon innate ability, not family support or the time spent in training and practice. True or False
5 Which of the following statements is true about autistic disorder?
Multiple Choice
- It is caused when an individual has 47 chromosomes instead of 46.
- It is more common in girls than in boys.
- It has its onset during the first three years of an individual’s life.
- It is a disorder characterized by an intelligence quotient (IQ) of less than 50.
6 Dysgraphia is a learning disability that involves which of the following?
Multiple Choice
- Difficulty in handwriting
- Difficulty in reading charts and graphs
- Difficulty in math computation
- Difficulty in reading and spelling
7 The most commonly identified form of intellectual disability is:
Multiple Choice
- cerebral edema.
- cerebral palsy.
- Asperger syndrome.
- Down syndrome.
8 Which of the following statements is true about orthopedic impairments?
Multiple Choice
- They can only be diagnosed when children attain adolescence.
- They involve restricted movement due to muscle, bone, or joint problems.
- They can only occur when a child is prematurely born.
- They exclude problems due to accident during childhood years.
9 The most common cause of cerebral palsy is:
Multiple Choice
- ruptured skull.
- the abnormal fusion of bones in a fetus.
- an excess accumulation of water in the extracellular spaces of the brain.
- lack of oxygen at birth.
10 Of the following behaviors, which one is most characteristic of a student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
Multiple Choice
- The student enjoys working independently.
- The student stares into space at short intervals during the day.
- The student prefers repetitive tasks to ones with more diversity.
- The student gets bored with a task after only a few minutes.
11 Of the following questions, which is best addressed by the approach of social cognitive learning?
Multiple Choice
- Why do some children prefer multiple-choice exams, while others prefer essays?
- How do reflection and motivation lead to new knowledge and understanding?
- How do behavior and environment interact to influence learning?
- How do children process information through attention and memory?
12 Which of the following statements is true of the effect of using various kinds of schedules of reinforcement with children?
Multiple Choice
- Children on fixed schedules show greater persistence than children on variable schedules.
- Partial reinforcement produces greater resistance to extinction than continuous reinforcement.
- Initial learning is slower with continuous rather than partial reinforcement.
- Continuous reinforcement works better than partial reinforcement once a child masters a response.
13 The most common types of aversive stimuli that teachers use are:
Multiple Choice
- verbal reprimands.
- time-outs.
- contracts.
- prompts.
14 Of the following scenarios, which is the best example of negative reinforcement?
Multiple Choice
- A teacher gives gold stars to the first few students who complete an assignment during class.
- A teacher scolds John for not finishing an assignment but lets him play with the other children.
- A teacher makes John stay in his seat until he finishes an assignment while all the other children are allowed to play.
- A teacher lets John play with the other children before he completes his assignment but asks him to finish it the next day.
15 The serial position effect states that recall:
Multiple Choice
- is best for items that are positioned at the beginning and the end of a list.
- decreases as the length of a list increases.
- decreases as complexity of items on a list increases.
- is best for items that are positioned in the middle of a list.
16 Which of the following is not a part of a good study system?
Multiple Choice
- Preview
- Read
- Summarize
- Question
17 Which of the following is a good note-taking strategy?
Multiple Choice
- Summarizing
- Concept maps
- All of the answers are correct.
- Outlining
