πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. Prevalence refers to the number of people who
  • (A) live in a particular area of the country.
  • (B) the new cases of an exceptionality.
  • (C) have specific characteristics that make them exceptional.
  • (D) are classified in a given category in a population group during a specified period of time.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) are classified in a given category in a population group during a specified period of time.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. Which of these emotions do parents usually experience first when their child is diagnosed with a severe disability?
  • (A) anger
  • (B) shock
  • (C) guilt
  • (D) frustration
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) shock
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. Most professionals now view disabilities as
  • (A) an environmental problem.
  • (B) a problem within the child.
  • (C) the result of interactions between the child and the environment.
  • (D) the fault of the parents.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) the result of interactions between the child and the environment.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. The current approach to family participation
  • (A) encourages families who are financially unable to meet their child`s needs to seek out-of-home placement.
  • (B) encourages parents of children with disabilities to network with other families for information and support.
  • (C) emphasizes the need for professionals to provide parents with clinical information about their child`s disability.
  • (D) encourages mothers to seek respite care to alleviate the stress and burden of caring for their child
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) encourages parents of children with disabilities to network with other families for information and support.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. As collaborative members of their child's multidisciplinary team, parents can
  • (A) provide professionals with important information about their child.
  • (B) take an active role in teaching their child.
  • (C) reinforce learning that has taken place in the classroom.
  • (D) all of these.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of these.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. The FQLS developed by Turnbull and Turnbull
  • (A) measures improvement in the child`s behavior.
  • (B) defines and measures a family’s quality of life.
  • (C) measures the child’s progress in school.
  • (D) evaluates the quality of the child’s teacher.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) defines and measures a family’s quality of life.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is
  • (A) developmental disabilities.
  • (B) learning disabilities.
  • (C) autism.
  • (D) hearing impairment.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) autism.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. Parent empowerment refers to
  • (A) assisting parents in becoming active participants in their child`s education.
  • (B) a parent advocacy group for single working mothers.
  • (C) the process of grieving that many parents of children with disabilities go through.
  • (D) none of these.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) assisting parents in becoming active participants in their child`s education.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. When considering the interaction of heredity and environment, it is important for teachers to understand that
  • (A) changing a child`s environment can have little effect on hereditary influences.
  • (B) present educational viewpoints place most of their emphasis on the role of heredity.
  • (C) present educational viewpoints ascribe to a medical model of exceptionalities.
  • (D) changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can result in behavior changes.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can result in behavior changes.
πŸ“Š Educational Psychology
Q. In most cases, the influence of an individual's genetic makeup
  • (A) guarantees a certain outcome (e.g., alcoholism).
  • (B) directly determines the development of specific behaviors.
  • (C) can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.
  • (D) overrides any environmental influences that may occur.
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring.