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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