Question 1

Most people who suffer from organic intellectual disability have IQs between

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A)   0 to 50.
B)   0 to 75.
C)   0 to 90.
D)   100 and above.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Advances in the ________ of the brain are linked to children's ________.

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A)   parietal lobe; peripheral vision
B)   occipital lobe; improved spatial skills
C)   prefrontal cortex; improved attention, reasoning, and cognitive control
D)   temporal lobe; hand-eye coordination and pincer graspE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

During elementary school years, head circumference and waist circumference

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A)   increase in relation to body height.
B)   decrease in relation to body weight.
C)   increase in relation to body weight.
D)   decrease in relation to body height.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

It is considered difficult to create culture-fair intelligence tests because they

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A)   predominantly test the nonverbal skills of the test taker.
B)   consider the values that are common to all test takers.
C)   reflect the cultures of some test takers more than others.
D)   use only standardized test items familiar to all test takers.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Children with cancer

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A)   are rarer today than in the 1960s.
B)   are dying earlier today than in the 1960s.
C)   are surviving longer today than in the past.
D)   are yet to receive the benefits of advancements in cancer treatment.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is a strategy for improving children's memory skills?

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A)   Avoid repetition of the same instructional information.
B)   Embed memory-relevant language when instructing children.
C)   Motivate children to remember material by memorizing it.
D)   Discourage children from engaging in mental imagery.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true about cancer in children?

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A)   The most common cancer in children in the United States is lung cancer.
B)   Children with cancer are surviving for a shorter period than in the past.
C)   Cancer is the leading cause of death in children in the United States.
D)   One in every 330 children in the United States develops cancer before the age of 19.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D) D

Question 8

Howard Gardner suggests that there are ________ types of intelligence.

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A)   four
B)   six
C)   eight
D)   elevenE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The ________ is a setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability are educated.

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A)   ideal learning environment (IL
E)  
B)   special learning environment (SL
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C)   least discriminating environment (LD
E)  
D)   least restrictive environment (LR
E)  E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Megan, who is eight years old, has a test tomorrow. "It's an easy test," she tells her mother. "I just have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday. I know that I'll remember everything I need to know." Megan is exhibiting her

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A)   brainstorming ability.
B)   creative thinking.
C)   metamemory.
D)   metadata.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D) C

Question 11

From the following options, identify the disorder that consists of serious, persistent problems involving relationships, aggression, depression, and fears associated with personal or school matters, as well as other inappropriate socioemotional characteristics. Approximately eight percent of children who have a disability and require an individualized education plan fall into this classification.

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A)   autism
B)   ADHD
C)   emotional and behavioral disorders
D)   learning disordersE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Nathan Brody and many other researchers have observed that people who excel at one type of intellectual task are

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A)   likely to underperform in other tasks.
B)   evidence that multiple-intelligence approaches are correct.
C)   proof that intelligence is a number of specific abilities.
D)   likely to excel at other tasks, too.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

________ thinking characterizes the kind of thinking that is required on conventional tests of intelligence.

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A)   Convergent
B)   Creative
C)   Divergent
D)   AbstractE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

Eight-year-old Ella can use scissors to cut small paper dolls out of craft paper, something she could not do at age three. What best accounts for her improving dexterity?

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A)   increased cortical thickening in the temporal lobe
B)   increased myelination of the central nervous system
C)   increased bone ossification
D)   increased muscle developmentE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

According to fuzzy trace theory, ________ consists of the precise details of the information.

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A)   the gist
B)   the verbatim memory trace
C)   the fuzzy trace
D)   mental imageryE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Natasha's teacher is trying out a new technique for group discussions. She forms a group of six students and gives them a topic-the importance of exercise in a child's physical development. She encourages the group to talk about the topic, the pros and cons, and the issues and solutions. The students each give their own views and collectively come to the conclusion that exercise is very important in a child's physical development. Identify the technique used by the teacher.

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A)   elaboration
B)   metacognition
C)   brainstorming
D)   inclusionE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true of children with cultural-familial intellectual disability?

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A)   Individuals with this type of disability have IQs between 55 and 70.
B)   Individuals with this type of disability are highly insensitive to what is expected of them.
C)   Individuals with this type of disability often need intangible rewards-praise rather than candy.
D)   Individuals with this type of disability can often be identified easily in schools, where they excel in academics.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Byron can take sticks of different lengths and put them all in order from shortest to longest. He can also discern that if stick A is longer than B and B is longer than C, then A is longer than C. This ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions is

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A)   seriation.
B)   transitivity.
C)   transduction.
D)   classification.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above B

Question 19

________ refers to being alert, mentally present, and cognitively flexible while going through life's everyday activities and tasks.

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A)   Mindlessness
B)   Mindfulness
C)   Elasticity
D)   CreativityE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Identify the leading developmental neuroscientist who along with his colleagues recently proposed that the prefrontal cortex likely orchestrates the functions of many other brain regions during development.

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