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CH 7 CHILD PSY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Learning disabilities differ from physical disabilities in childhood in that they ar | not as easy to detec |
| Which statement about learning disabilities is true? | Learning disabilities can affect daily routines, work, and family li |
| Which disorder is determined by achievement test results that are substantially below what is expected for the child’s age, schooling, and intellectual ability | specific learning disorder |
| By the age of___ , a child’s auditory map for phonetic discrimination is complete | 1 year |
| To strengthen a child’s neural circuits for verbal memory, a parent should | put the child in piano class |
| Deficits in are a chief reason that most children with communication and learning disorders have problems in learning to read and spell | phonology |
| Phonological awareness is a broad construct that includes | detection of rhyme and alliteration |
| is highly related to expressive language development | Phonological awareness |
| To see if a child has phonological awareness, a teacher might _ | ask the child to rhyme words |
| Deficits in phonological awareness are diagnosed when a child | has trouble manipulating sound |
| Which sound is least likely to be misarticulated by children with phonological problems | a |
| By the early school-age years, which communication disorder is most prevalen | language disorder |
| Which statement regarding gender differences in rates of communication disorders is true? | Boys are more likely to be diagnosed with communication disorders, due to acting out behavior |
| education strategies are based on the premise that children with special needs will benefit from associating with normally developing peers. | Inclusion |
| Studies comparing language-impaired children with and without a positive family history for a language-based learning disability suggest that children with a positive family history may inherit _ | temporal processing deficits |
| Studies investigating the causes of communication disorders suggest that | there is an interaction of genetic influences, slowness of brain maturation, and possible minor brain lesions |
| The age at which stuttering tends to recede is around __ | 5 years |
| Which statement about gender differences in rates of stuttering is true? | Boys are more likely to stutter than girls. |
| Which is an appropriate treatment for children who stutter | contingency management procedures |
| Almost of children who stutter before the age of 5 will no longer stutter once they have been in school for about a year | 80% |
| Which statement about the causes of stuttering is true | A combination of genetic and environmental factors seem to cause the abnormal developme |
| Which of the following is a category of learning disorder | mathematics |
| Decoding can be described as _ | breaking a word into parts rapidly enough to read the whole word |
| Evidence of mathematics disorder typically emerges _ | well before entry into school |
| A child with a mathematics disorder would most likely have difficulty with | visual-spatial ability |
| A child with a writing disorder has the most difficulty with | gross motor skills |
| The course of SLD is associated with | dropping out of school |
| Children with learning disorders are least likely to show features of | Autism |
| Children with learning disorders are likely to also have _ | trouble balancing an overactive social life with school |
| As adults, men with learning disorders __ | perceive lower levels of social support |
| In comparison to men with learning disorders, women tend to have _ | have more relationship problems |
| The cause of most learning disorders is ___ | genetically based neurological problems |
| Heritability accounts for approximately ___of the variance in reading disorders. | 60% |
| The planum temporale in individuals with reading disorders is ___ | of equal size on both sides of the brain |
| Shaywitz and Shaywitz (2002) found that the brains of dyslexic children compared to nonimpaired children had | lower activation primarily in the left hemisphere |
| Eden et al. (1996) found that the brains of adults with reading disorders show no activation in an area that detec | visual motion |
| With regard to reading and phonological processing, a specific defect in perception of_______ may interfere with many different brain functions, and has been noted in children with autism and learning disorders | visual motion |
| Nonverbal learning disabilities are deficits related to _ | functional abnormalities in the right hemisphere |
| Nonverbal learning disabilities are characteristic of children who perform worse ___at than reading. | math |
| The most likely relationship between learning disorders and behavior problems in young children is that | the two are distinct disorders that arise separately but increase the potency of either or both problems over time |
| ____is based on the premise that the ability to decode and recognize words accurately and rapidly must be acquired before reading comprehension can occur | Direct Instruction |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) mandate that children with special needs | should have access to all educational services |
| According to your text, almost ___% of school-age children in the United States receive some level of support through special education | 14 |
| This Act, signed into U.S. law in 2002, allowed for more intensified efforts by each state to improve the academic achievement of public school students considered at risk for school failure | No Child Left Behind |
| To prevent _____, it is important to provide early interventions that teach both phonologic and verbal abilities | dyslexia |
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