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Q:
People with severe intellectual disabilities can be described as
A. athletic
B. immobile
C. mobile to incapacitated
D. their range of motor ability stretches from very athletic to immobile
Q:
Most of the literature on intellectual disabilities was written with which group of people in mind?
A. individuals with borderline cognitive impairment
B. individuals with mild cognitive impairment
C. individuals with severe cognitive impairment
D. a & b
Q:
Severe forms of intellectual disabilities are generally recognized
A. later in life than milder cases
B. earlier in life than milder cases
C. at the same rate as milder cases
D. none of the above
Q:
Generally, severe forms of intellectual disabilities are recognized when the child
A. begins preschool or kindergarten
B. enters middle or high school
C. graduates from high school and enters the workplace
D. is within the first year of life
Q:
Approximately 1"3% of the total population have intellectual disabilities, but only ____ experience the need for extensive supports.
A. 15%
B. 10%
C. 3%
D. 2%
Q:
The "severe" label encompasses the group or groups specifically designated as havingA. moderate mental retardationB. severe mental retardationC. profound mental retardationD. all of the above
Q:
The advocacy leader for persons with severe disabilities is known as
A. TASH
B. The Committee for the Advocacy of Persons with Severe Handicaps.
C. Parents and Advocates for Persons with Severe Handicaps.
D. The Advocacy Committee for Persons with Severe and Multiple Handicaps.
Q:
Individuals who require extensive supports are referred to as persons with
A. mild mental retardation
B. severe mental retardation
C. disabilities
D. mental disabilities
Q:
All children with cerebral palsy have intellectual disabilities.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Paired associate learning focuses on verbal mediation as a means of learning responses.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Information presented to students who are mentally retarded should be organized into meaningful parts.
a. True
b. False
Q:
A disproportionate number of students who have mild intellectual disabilities are also members of cultural or ethnic minority groups.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Individuals with mild intellectual disabilities have considerable difficulty with long term memory.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Children who have intellectual disabilities have the same basic physiological, social, and emotional needs as children without intellectual disabilities.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Borchreding (1997) noted that a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders occur in children with intellectual disabilities than those who do not have intellectual disabilities.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Adults who have mild intellectual disabilities are capable of securing and maintaining employment and becoming economically self-sufficient.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Educable mental retardation (EMR) refers to students whose programs emphasize the training of basic functional skills.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Most professionals prefer the terms EMR and TMR when discussing intellectual disabilities.
a. True
b. False
Q:
In a study by Epstein (1989) nearly _____ of the students with mild intellectual disabilities had speech and language disorders.
A. 98 %
B. 90 %
C. 85 %
D. 70 %
Q:
Studies of IEP goals for students with mild intellectual disabilities indicate a strong emphasis onA. communication goalsB. behavioral goalsC. academic goalsD. social skills
Q:
According to data from the 1999-2000 school year _____ of all students with disabilities were served in regular school buildings.A. 95.5 %B. 85.5 %C. 75 %D. 60 %
Q:
Children with intellectual disabilities
A. are more susceptible to disease and illnesses.
B. are less susceptible to disease and illnesses.
C. are no more or less susceptible to disease and illnesses.
D. have a lower incidence of dental problems.
Q:
______ is a neuromuscular disability that may result from damage to the brain at birth or during the first four years of life.A. cerebral palsyB. multiple sclerosisC. muscular dystrophyD. PKU
Q:
Common health problems of individuals with Down syndrome include
A. lung abnormalities
B. a higher incidence of leukemia
C. eye and ear infections
D. all of the above
Q:
Speech problems most often seen in individuals with intellectual disabilities include
A. difficulties in articulation
B. difficulties with voice
C. stuttering
D. all of the above
Q:
Learning from demonstration by others is referred to as
A. maturation.
B. direct instruction.
C. observational learning.
D. operant conditioning.
Q:
Adrianna is able to remember events which have occurred two hours ago, but cannot recall events from one month ago. She is having difficulty withA. short term memoryB. sustained attentionC. long term memoryD. sustained attention
Q:
The simplest method of organizing material is called
A. mediation
B. paired associate learning
C. input organization
D. grouping
Q:
Trevor is often distracted in the classroom. In that, he consistently gazes out the window and has difficulty listening to his teacher's lectures due to outside noises. Trevor has difficulty withA. sustained attentionB. selective attentionC. relevant attentionD. task attention
Q:
______ is the ability to maintain one's concentration long enough to process and comprehend the information.A. sustained attentionB. selective attentionC. relevant attentionD. task attention
Q:
______ is the ability to attend to the relevant aspects of the task at hand.
A. sustained attention
B. selective attention
C. relevant attention
D. task attention
Q:
Children with severe forms of intellectual disabilities typically remain at the
A. sensorimotor stage.
B. preoperational stage.
C. concrete operations stage.
D. formal operations stage.
Q:
Individuals who have mild intellectual disabilities typically reach as high as the _____ level of development.A. sensorimotorB. preoperationalC. concrete operationsD. formal operations
Q:
Nadia is a two year-old who is beginning to become aware of her surroundings. She is also able to distinguish differences between herself and others. Nadia is in the ______ stage of development.A. sensorimotorB. preoperationalC. concrete operationsD. formal operations
Q:
The original tenets of cognitive-developmental theory were formulated by
A. Erickson
B. Bandura
C. Piaget
D. Jung
Q:
Sybil is a seven year-old with mild intellectual disabilities who has a twin sister of average intellectual functioning. Both sisters progressed through developmental milestones in the same sequence. However, Sybil reached levels at a slower rate and a lower level of functioning than her twin sister. This is known asA. quantitative perspectiveB. qualitative perspectiveC. cognitive-developmental theoryD. process learning
Q:
Better social, motivational, and behavioral adjustment is likely to be related to better
A. health
B. academic functioning
C. both a & b
D. none of the above
Q:
Lovell and Reiss (1993) found a higher incidence of _______ and _______ disorders in individuals with moderate mental retardation.A. mood and metabolicB. physical and behavioralC. behavioral and psychiatricD. metabolic and psychiatric
Q:
The one detrimental recurring factor for the motivational orientations of locus of control, expectancy for failure, and outerdirectedness isA. repeated failures.B. parental verbal abuse.C. negative teacher expectations.D. negative attitudes from peers.
Q:
John is an eight year-old child with Down syndrome. He is currently attending regular classes, but consistently scores below the other children on spelling tests. Because his efforts at studying have not produced desired outcome, John has stopped studying. This phenomenon is known as
A. selective attention
B. fear of failure
C. negative outcome
D. learned helplessness
Q:
_____ allows individuals the opportunity to express preferences, make choices, take risks, assume responsibility, and exert control over their personal circumstances.
A. locus of control
B. grouping
C. self-determination
D. positive energy
Q:
Which of the following is the most debilitating orientation for a child?
A. high failure expectancy
B. outerdirectedness
C. internal locus of control
D. external locus of control
Q:
Those who see positive and negative events as primarily controlled by such outside forces as fate, chance, or other people
A. have an internal locus of control.
B. have an external locus of control.
C. are internally motivated.
D. are externally motivated.
Q:
_____ refers to how one perceives the consequences of one's behavior.
A. locus of control
B. perception
C. observation
D. expectancy
Q:
There is no disproportionate representation of racial, ethnic, and minority groups or low socioeconomic status families among individuals with
A. mental retardation.
B. mild mental retardation.
C. severe mental retardation.
D. high incidence disabilities.
Q:
Milder forms of intellectual disabilities often have not been suspected until the child
A. reaches puberty
B. is at least 6 months old
C. enters school
D. exhibits health problems
Q:
Generally _____ of the population of persons with intellectual disabilities are reported to have mild intellectual disabilities.A. 85 %B. 75 %C. 65 %D. 55 %
Q:
The term _____ historically has been used to convey the nature of one's personal independence and social responsibility.A. daily living skillsB. adaptive behaviorC. intelligenceD. independent living
Q:
The ______ helps to explain how various characteristics and interactions of families over time influence members' experiences both in special education and the larger society.A. adaptability modelB. developmental modelC. family paradigms modelD. family systems theory
Q:
The members of the Greene family refuse to communicate with one another and are constantly bickering. What type of forces is representative of this family?A. centrifugalB. centralC. centripetalD. conforming
Q:
______ forces are those that draw a family together.
A. centrifugal
B. central
C. centripetal
D. conforming
Q:
A ______ includes concepts typically used in the physical sciences.
A. developmental model
B. adaptability model
C. family paradigms model
D. family systems model
Q:
The Alvarez family lives in a quiet area outside of the city limits. They travel to the city only once every two weeks to buy essentials for their home. In addition, they engage in activities in a cohesive manner and become extremely upset if a family member strays away from their belief system. Which of the following types of families most resemble the Alvarez family?A. environmentally sensitive familyB. interpersonally distant familyC. consensus-sensitive familyD. idealistic family
Q:
______ consist primarily of detached family members, loners, and those for whom independence is critically important.A. environmentally sensitive familiesB. interpersonally distant familiesC. consensus-sensitive familiesD. idealistic families
Q:
______ consist of people who see their life events as both knowable and orderly, and all family members are expected to contribute to the sharing of ideas and efforts of orderly family functioning.A. environmentally sensitive familiesB. interpersonally distant familiesC. consensus-sensitive familiesD. idealistic families
Q:
Which model classifies families into one of three different types based on their interpretations of and responses to events around them?A. family paradigms modelB. developmental modelC. adaptability modelD. family systems
Q:
The ______ is based on a sociological framework which focuses on the interactions of family members.A. family paradigms modelB. developmental modelC. adaptability modelD. family systems
Q:
Data indicates that among individuals with intellectual disabilities not living in large public residential facilities ______ live with relatives as compared with 41% of people in the general population.A. 85%B. 75%C. 65%D. 55%
Q:
According to data from 1995, about ______ of adults with intellectual disabilities lived with their spouse as compared with 47% of all adults in the general population.A. 50%B. 32%C. 21%D. 7%
Q:
Multigenerational households are more likely to be found in ______ areas.
A. rural
B. urban
C. suburban
D. poverty stricken
Q:
In 2000, the percent of family households headed by married couples decreased _____ from the 1990 U.S. census.A. 15%B. 12%C. 8%D. 3%
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Single parents now head ______ of U.S. family households, to which 78% of the U.S. population belong.A. 48%B. 32%C. 17%D. 8%
Q:
The ______ represents the most basic and critical unit of a culture, the one with the strongest and most enduring influences.A. churchB. communityC. education systemD. family
Q:
A study was conducted in which one-third of the siblings of individuals with disabilities stated that they intend to live with their sibling upon moving him or her out of the parental home.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Active involvement in parental support groups has been associated with positive stress management functioning in families.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Based on 1995 data, the most recent available American divorce/separation rates range from 40% to 60% within the first five years of marriage.
a. True
b. False
Q:
In 2000, data indicated that 18% of the population spoke a language other than English.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The diversity of the U.S. school aged population is increasing, while the diversity of our teaching force has remained fairly homogenous.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Interpersonal relationships comprise the cornerstone of a family's existence.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The individual represents the simplest yet oldest social unit of humankind.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Increased levels of stress occur in all families who have members with intellectual disabilities.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The aging process of family members with and without intellectual disabilities are driving forces behind decisions about their future.
a. True
b. False
Q:
An increasing number of American children are growing up in single parent households.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Sandy told her friend that she had to leave her party early to return home to a meeting regarding her son who has Fragile X syndrome. The meeting which was held in Sandy's home included a case manager, a treatment team, as well as Sandy's immediate family members. This service which was provided to Sandy and her family is calledA. family systemsB. person-centered planningC. wraparound servicesD. supportive services
Q:
Approximately ______ of all people with disabilities were employed in 2000.
A. 72%
B. 54%
C. 44%
D. 24%
Q:
______ can include respite care, family counseling, behavior training, and support groups for parents and siblings.A. family support servicesB. supportive servicesC. wraparound servicesD. family systems
Q:
Fewer than ______ of all people with intellectual disabilities receive care in institutions or residential care facilities.A. 40%B. 25%C. 15%D. 5%
Q:
In ______ the individual with intellectual disabilities and his or her family members actively participate with teachers and other professionals to address educational needs and strengths, as well as to develop plans for postsecondary life.A. person-centered planningB. supportive servicesC. wraparound servicesD. family systems
Q:
Values of normalcy, independence, and self-determination are heavily embedded in
A. family systems
B. person-centered planning
C. wraparound services
D. supportive services
Q:
The term that is used to describe family-centered involvement and decision making isA. empowermentB. inclusionC. supportive systemD. none of the above