Exam 5: Developmental Disabilities: Causes and Classificationscauses and Classifications

Lead poisoning is no longer a problem for young children because there are very strict regulations regarding lead-based paint.

Regardless of the cause of the developmental disability, damage can occur at any stage of development, including before birth.

According to the text, what is responsible for 25 percent or more of all developmental disabilities?

Genetic disorders are not caused by an alteration in the chromosomal materials that control inherited characteristics.

Which of the following is the second largest category of educational disabilities in children ages six to twenty-one years?

Below average general intellectual functioning, along with deficits in adaptive behavior, is included in which diagnosis?

An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors may be a characteristic of a child who is labeled as what?

List and explain three reasons for not categorizing and labeling young children.

What is the difference between a chronic and an acute health problem? Give an example of each.

Behavioral geneticists argue that infants themselves exert influence on their own environment.

Which of the following is an example of a genetic disorder?

Public and private money assigned on the basis of the type of disability is referred to as:

A pregnant person diagnosed with HIV can transmit the virus to their unborn child.

What is the term used to describe interference with or damage to an individual's physical structure or functioning?

What are the possible effects of lead poisoning on children?

What is the difference between a chromosomal abnormality and a single-gene defect?

Which of the following is a new term under IDEIA?

List three physical stigmata of a child with Down syndrome.

Research shows that English Language Learners who are misplaced in special education demonstrate lower verbal and full-scale IQ scores after placement in special education than at their initial evaluations.

What is temperament, and what effect can it have on a child's development? Give an example.