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Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course examines key theories of cognitive, social, and emotional development and their practical applications in classrooms. Students will analyze factors influencing motivation, classroom management, assessment, and individual differences, fostering a deeper understanding of effective teaching strategies tailored to diverse learners. Through real-world examples and research-based practices, learners will gain the skills to enhance student learning, support developmental needs, and create positive educational environments.
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Exceptional Learners An Introduction to Special Education 13th Edition by Daniel P. Hallahan
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Chapter 1: Exceptionality and Special Education
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Q1) Annette is a high school student who reads at the level of a typical third grader. She wants to get her driver's license, but is unable to read the driver's manual or the questions on the driving test. For purposes of driver training, Annette would be considered to have
A)a disability.
B)a handicap.
C)a disability and a handicap.
D)neither a disability nor a handicap.
Answer: C
Q2) Dramatic increases in prevalence figures since 1995 have been recorded for children identified as having
A)learning disabilities.
B)mental retardation.
C)physical disabilities.
D)autism or traumatic brain injury.
Answer: D
Q3) A disability is always a handicap.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Current Practices for Meeting the Needs of
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Q1) All teachers should expect to participate in educating students with disabilities. Which one of the following responsibilities is a regular classroom teacher LEAST likely to have?
A)evaluating academic abilities
B)managing serious behavior problems
C)participating in writing individualized educational programs
D)collaborating with other professionals
Answer: B
Q2) Each of the following components must be included on an individualized education program (IEP)EXCEPT
A)annual goals.
B)related services to be provided.
C)student's IQ score.
D)instructional objectives.
Answer: C
Q3) Most students with disabilities spend the majority of their school day in special education, self-contained classrooms.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education
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Q1) Discuss the authors' view that multicultural education gives us the opportunity to "engender acceptance, if not love, of all differences that are not destructive of the human experience."
Answer: It would be trite to suggest that we can love and accept all humans even if we find their actions to be deplorable. And, it would be morally wrong to accept the actions of people when they do physical or psychological harm to others. However, beyond those restraints, we should be able to accept the fact that people from different places with different life experiences than our own are different, and that difference does not suggest a hierarchy of moral or intellectual superiority. We should at least be able to get along with people who are different from us, as long as that difference is not about them harming others.
Q2) A technique in which the teacher assists the student in learning a task and then phases out help as the student learns to use the strategy independently is called
A)scaffolded instruction.
B)hand-over-hand instruction.
C)supported instruction.
D)mnemonic instruction.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Parent and Families
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Q1) The numerous routines in which families engage to meet their many and diverse needs is referred to as
A)family functions.
B)family characteristics.
C)family interactions.
D)family life cycle.
Q2) Discuss why teachers should be attentive to the expanding ethnic diversity in the U.S.
Q3) Under IDEA, one form of advocacy to which parents are entitled is/are A)weekly meetings.
B)reciprocity.
C)due process.
D)parent training.
Q4) A frequent complaint made by parents about communication with teachers is that A)they are not notified about meetings until the last minute.
B)teachers interrupt them at work to ask questions about their child's routine.
C)they only hear from school personnel when their child has misbehaved.
D)teachers respond promptly to parents' requests for information.
Q5) What does research suggest about the adjustment of siblings of people with disabilities? What factors help siblings adjust?
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Chapter 5: Learners With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Q1) In functional academics, academics are taught in the context of A)daily living skills.
B)vocational settings.
C)community living.
D)simplified curricula.
Q2) An infection of the covering of the brain that may be caused by a variety of bacterial and viral agents is A)syphilis.
B)encephalitis. C)meningitis.
D)spina bifida.
Q3) Most professionals agree that transition programming for students with intellectual disabilities should begin A)at birth.
B)during the elementary years.
C)at the middle school level.
D)when the student enters high school.
Q4) People with Prader-Willi syndrome inherited it from their father. A)True B)False
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Chapter 6: Learners With Learning Disabilities
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Q1) Each of the following is suggested in the textbook as an explanation for why boys outnumber girls in the learning disabilities category EXCEPT
A)greater biological vulnerability of boys
B)referral bias against boys
C)other behavior by boys (hyperactivity)leads to referral
D)lower academic expectations for girls
Q2) According to law, states
A)must require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement, but may permit the use of response to intervention.
B)must not require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement, and must permit the use of response to intervention.
C)must require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement, and must require the use of response to intervention.
D)must not require the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement, and must not require the use of response to intervention.
Q3) Describe two reasons why defining learning disabilities has been so problematic.
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Chapter 7: Learners With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Q1) According to Barkley, each of the following is a way that people with ADHD can exhibit problems with executive function EXCEPT
A)They often have problems with short-term memory.
B)They frequently have delayed inner speech.
C)They have problems controlling emotions and arousal levels.
D)They have difficulty analyzing problems.
Q2) Which aspect of persons described as "hyperactive and distractible" did Werner and Strauss's research examine?
A)disorganized behavior
B)figure-ground confusion
C)hyperactivity
D)perseveration
Q3) Part of the brain responsible for executive functions such as the ability to regulate one's own behavior is the
A)basal ganglia.
B)cerebellum.
C)corpus collosum.
D)frontal lobes.
Q4) Describe the four components used in the identification of ADHD.
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Chapter 8: Learners With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following statements about depression is true?
A)Depression is not a widespread problem among children and adolescents.
B)The nature of depression in children and adolescents is quite different from that of adults.
C)Suicide is among the leading causes of death among young people.
D)Antidepressant medications have not been successful in helping young people with depression.
Q2) Most children with E/BD perform in the low-average range on tests of intelligence. A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the difficulties related to identifying preschool children with E/BD, and explain why "preventive efforts seem to have a good chance of success."
Q4) Most schools use systematic screening procedures to identify youth with E/BD. A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the controversy associated with the present federal definition of E/BD and list three advantages of the National Mental Health and Special Education Coalition definition.
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Chapter 9: Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Q1) What percentage of children with autism appears to experience autistic regression?
A)10-27%
B)20-47%
C)30-57%
D)40-87%
Q2) Describe three strategies to help a student with autism be more included in a general education classroom.
Q3) According to the APA, in order to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, an individual must meet each of these criteria EXCEPT
A)clinically significant, persistent defects in social communication and interactions
B)restricted, repetitive pattern of behavior, interests, and activities
C)symptoms must be present in early childhood
D)evidence of echolalia, a unique language pattern with repetition of words and phrases
Q4) Why has autism been "fertile ground for faddish and unproven treatment methods?"
Q5) Briefly describe attempts to construct a unifying theory of autism spectrum disorders.
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Chapter 10: Learners With Communication Disorders
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Q1) Jeremy is a four-year-old boy who makes infantile noises and uses gestures to request objects. He displays
A)articulation problems.
B)acquired aphasia.
C)prelinguistic communication.
D)syntactic dysfunction.
Q2) Which condition reduces the effectiveness of strategy training for adolescents with speech and language disorders?
A)use of natural group settings
B)emphasis on vocational goals
C)poor reading skills
D)involvement of peers
Q3) What should be considered when developing an assessment-based intervention plan for a student with communication disorders?
Q4) Decoding, or understanding messages, is referred to as A)communication.
B)expressive language.
C)discourse.
D)receptive language.
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Chapter 11: Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Q1) The auditory-verbal approach encourages children with hearing impairment to A)depend on their peers for sound cues.
B)use their residual hearing.
C)learn sign language as quickly as possible.
D)focus on visual cues.
Q2) When performance tests are used, there is no difference in IQ between those who are deaf and those who are hearing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most important organ for hearing is the A)cerumen.
B)tympanic membrane.
C)vestibular mechanism.
D)cochlea.
Q4) The term "hard of hearing" is used to describe people with hearing impairment who A)were not born deaf but became deaf later in life.
B)have a mild hearing loss.
C)have a conductive hearing loss.
D)have enough residual hearing to process sound with a hearing aid.
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Chapter 12: Learners With Blindness or Low Vision
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Q1) David has myopia. Another term for this condition is
A)nearsightedness.
B)farsightedness.
C)blurred vision.
D)color blindness.
Q2) Social adjustment problems for children with visual impairment are most likely the result of
A)inherent personality problems.
B)society's reaction to people who are blind.
C)stereotypic behaviors.
D)blindisms which cannot be controlled.
Q3) Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)is caused by
A)premature birth.
B)excessive oxygen given to infants at birth.
C)fetal alcohol syndrome.
D)degenerative hereditary disease.
Q4) Blindness is primarily an adult disability.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Learners With Low-Incidence, Multiple, and
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Q1) Most authorities agree that the biggest obstacle faced by persons with deaf-blindness is
A)self-help skills.
B)accessing information.
C)navigating the environment.
D)communication.
Q2) Describe two major problems that students with TBI experience with reentry to school after their trauma.
Q3) Manual signs that easily convey their meaning (i.e., cradling one's arms while gently rocking back and forth to represent "baby")are
A)symbolic.
B)self-evident.
C)iconic.
D)transparent.
Q4) Each of the following is a category of causes of deaf-blindness EXCEPT
A)prenatal conditions.
B)genetic/chromosomal syndromes.
C)postnatal conditions.
D)perinatal conditions.
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Chapter 14: Learners With Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments
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Q1) Cerebral palsy is a condition that occurs A)during the birth process.
B)before birth.
C)after birth.
D)before brain maturity.
Q2) What causes more deaths in children than all childhood diseases combined?
A)AIDS
B)accidents
C)suicide
D)abuse
Q3) Seizures may differ on all of the following dimensions EXCEPT A)duration.
B)latency.
C)frequency.
D)causes.
Q4) A condition that becomes more and more severe over time is A)progressive.
B)episodic.
C)chronic. D)acute.
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Chapter 15: Learners With Special Gifts and Talents
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Q1) Why is it difficult to identify giftedness in school-age children, especially when considering multicultural differences? List three principles that should be followed to help ensure fairness in identification.
Q2) According to Sternberg, which type of giftedness involves insight, intuition, creativity, or adeptness at coping with novel situations?
A)practical
B)analytic
C)synthetic
D)pragmatic
Q3) All of the following are principles of identification that help ensure fairness EXCEPT A)assessments that go beyond a narrow conception of talent.
B)reliable and valid instruments.
C)multiple measures/criteria approach.
D)appreciation of large group studies and focus on a combination of scores.
Q4) Students who are gifted are not likely to excel without special education programs.
A)True
B)False
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