Educational Psychology Set 3
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This set of Educational Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Educational Psychology Set 3
Q1 | Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children:
- school
- religion
- family
- community
Q2 | Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and the socialbehavior of a 6-year-old. This discrepancy is referred to by the authors of your text as an
- aberration
- anomaly
- interindividual difference
- intraindividual difference
Q3 | According to the Twenty-eighth Annual Report to Congress, the category of exceptionalindividuals that is most prevalent is
- autism.
- speech and language disorders.
- learning disabilities.
- intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Q4 | The ecological approach to intervention focuses on
- direct remediation of developmental delays.
- the creation of family support services.
- modification of the `environment` around the chi
Q5 | Most of the interventions with children aged 3 through 5 is directed toward generatingmore constructive _______________ interactions.
- parent-child
- interchild
- physician-child
- psychologist-child
Q6 | The movement toward an early intervention model makes which of the following moreimportant?
- the family environment
- the theoretical model
- the medical model
- all of these.
Q7 | From an educator's point of view, identification of a student as disabled is necessarywhen the student
- has an obvious interindividual difference.
- has an obvious intraindividual difference.
- requires special adaptations in the educational program.
- is identified by parents, teachers, school administrators, and support persons as having a disability
Q8 | Historically, the disabling condition of any student was perceived as
- the result of an interaction between the student and the environment.
- residing exclusively in the student.
- residing in the student`s environment.
- dependent on the family of the student.
Q9 | In defining the term children with exceptionalities, which characteristic is most central?
- the child deviates from the normal population in intellectual ability.
- the child is from a lower socioeconomic background.
- the child shows evidence of multiple disabilities.
- the child`s deviation is extensive enough to warrant modification of educational services or practices.
Q10 | The term that refers to a child who is between 3-9 years old and a has a significantlylimited, impaired, or delayed learning capacity is
- communication impairment.
- developmental delay.
- specific learning disabilty.
- intellectual impairment.
Q11 | Which of the following criteria can be used to define Intellectual disabilities?
- significantly below average intellectual functioning
- impairments in adaptive functioning generally
- these deficits should be manifest before the age of 18-years
- all of the above
Q12 | According to IDEA, 2004, a child with a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evidentbefore age 3, would be under the definition of
- communication impairment.
- visual impairment.
- autism
- hearing impairment.
Q13 | The first individual who tried to teach children with Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities was
- itard.
- binet.
- gallaudet.
- montessori.
Q14 | Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have difficulty
- regulating their activity level.
- controlling impulsive behavior.
- maintainingattention.
- all of these.
Q15 | Intraindividual differences
- consider how a child compares to other children.
- are not useful in developing individual plans of instruction.
- are the differences in abilities within the same chi
Q16 | The increasing interest in the family as a focus for intervention is based on the followingassumption:
- intervention for young children with exceptionalities should not be the concern of the public schools.
- families are capable of providing the supports needed by children with exceptionalities until they reach school age.
- involving and supporting families is likely to be a more powerful intervention than focusing exclusively on the chi
Q17 | The major goal for the family-focused approach is to
- give the parents the financial support that they need.
- help parents become more autonomous and less dependent on professionals.
- tell the family how to raise their chi
Q18 | ___________ is the situation in which there are agreed-on responsibilities within thefamily for caring for a child with a disability.
- family dominance
- family harmony
- family empowerment
- family routine
Q19 | In most cases, the influence of an individual's genetic makeup
- guarantees a certain outcome (e.g., alcoholism).
- directly determines the development of specific behaviors.
- can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.
- overrides any environmental influences that may occur.
Q20 | When considering the interaction of heredity and environment, it is important for teachersto understand that
- changing a child`s environment can have little effect on hereditary influences.
- present educational viewpoints place most of their emphasis on the role of heredity.
- present educational viewpoints ascribe to a medical model of exceptionalities.
- changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can result in behavior changes.
Q21 | Parent empowerment refers to
- assisting parents in becoming active participants in their child`s education.
- a parent advocacy group for single working mothers.
- the process of grieving that many parents of children with disabilities go through.
- none of these.
Q22 | One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is
- developmental disabilities.
- learning disabilities.
- autism.
- hearing impairment.
Q23 | The FQLS developed by Turnbull and Turnbull
- measures improvement in the child`s behavior.
- defines and measures a family’s quality of life.
- measures the child’s progress in school.
- evaluates the quality of the child’s teacher.
Q24 | As collaborative members of their child's multidisciplinary team, parents can
- provide professionals with important information about their child.
- take an active role in teaching their child.
- reinforce learning that has taken place in the classroom.
- all of these.
Q25 | The current approach to family participation
- encourages families who are financially unable to meet their child`s needs to seek out-of-home placement.
- encourages parents of children with disabilities to network with other families for information and support.
- emphasizes the need for professionals to provide parents with clinical information about their child`s disability.
- encourages mothers to seek respite care to alleviate the stress and burden of caring for their child