Question 1

Maria enjoys cake decorating and making treats for weddings. For her it is great fun to learn about the couple and their interests, and then design a one-of-a-kind cake with decorations. Sometimes Maria has her staff actually put the pieces together-for her the fun is in the design. According to Sternberg, she has high _____ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  creative 
B)  practical 
C)  analytical 
D)  comprehension

Question 2

Use the four criteria associated with gifted children, including those proposed by Ellen Winner, to describe the habits of a child who is gifted in mathematics and science.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Damon's teachers frequently complain that he disrupts his kindergarten class by fidgeting and moving about all the time. He does not appear to pay any attention to what is being taught in class and behaves impulsively. Damon's teacher strongly suspects he may be diagnosed with _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ADHD 
B)  OCD 
C)  PTSD 
D)  EMDR

Question 4

The _____ approach to reading instruction emphasizes the teaching of basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds.

Accepted Answer

A)  whole-language 
B)  phonics 
C)  balanced-instruction 
D)  morphological

Question 5

_____ is a relatively mild autism spectrum disorder in which the child has relatively good verbal language, milder nonverbal language problems, and a restricted range of interests and relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asperger syndrome 
B)  ADHD 
C)  Autistic disorder 
D)  ICF syndrome

Question 6

Ms. McIntyre is helping two children, a boy and a girl, who are having significant trouble with listening, reading, and spelling. Research would say she is more likely to find outside help for the boy first, demonstrating the _____ bias.

Accepted Answer

A)  referral 
B)  hyperactivity 
C)  disability 
D)  developmental

Question 7

_____ is knowledge about language, such as knowing what a preposition is or the ability to discuss the sounds of a language.

Accepted Answer

A)  Metacognitive linguistics 
B)  Metalinguistic awareness 
C)  Metapragmatics 
D)  Morphology

Question 8

Children who have reached the concrete operational stage are capable of _____, which is the ability to order stimuli along a quantitative dimension, such as size or length.

Accepted Answer

A)  centration 
B)  seriation 
C)  reversibility 
D)  classification

Question 9

In terms of a mathematical relationship, a person's mental age divided by chronological age (CA), multiplied by 100, would indicate that person's:

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional quotient. 
B)  intelligence quotient. 
C)  level of mental development relative to others. 
D)  cognitive maturity.

Question 10

The mental area, often compared to a carpenter's workbench, where individuals manipulate and combine information when making decisions or understand something they are reading, is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory. 
B)  working memory. 
C)  long-term memory. 
D)  effective memory.

Question 11

Which of the following is the LEAST likely reason African American, Latino, and Native American children are underrepresented in gifted programs?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tend to be gifted in creative or athletic areas and not academic areas. 
B)  They have fewer opportunities to develop vocabulary and comprehension skills. 
C)  They are likely to experience cultural bias in standardized tests. 
D)  They tend to have lower scores on standardized tests.

Question 12

Before she started school in the United States, Mita, daughter of immigrant parents of Indian origin, used to speak only her home language of Hindi fluently. She then learned to speak English in school and attained fluency in both Hindi and English. However, as she grew older, she started to feel ashamed of her roots and has given up speaking Hindi altogether. This phenomenon is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  subjective bilingualism. 
B)  relapsed bilingualism. 
C)  subtractive bilingualism. 
D)  retractive bilingualism.

Question 13

_____ is a severe developmental disorder that has its onset in the first three years of life and includes deficiencies in social relationships; abnormalities in communication; and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asperger syndrome 
B)  ADHD 
C)  Autistic disorder 
D)  ICF syndrome

Question 14

Describe the mandates established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

If we look at Madeline's mental age and divide it by her chronological age, and then multiply it by 100, we are calculating her _____.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Cassidy is a teacher who loves to try Piagetian questions on her young son. One day in the car she asked him who the fastest runners in his class were. To confirm she asked, "Kevin is faster than Bill, right?" and later she asked, "Nate is faster than Kevin, right?" Waiting a while, she asked, "Is Nate or Bill faster?" She smiled when her son said, "_____," because he was demonstrating _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Nate; seriation 
B)  Bill; seriation 
C)  Nate; transitivity 
D)  Bill; transitivity

Question 17

Which of the following is TRUE of giftedness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Signs of high ability of an individual in a particular area do not manifest themselves at a very young age. 
B)  Deliberate practice is not required of individuals who become experts in a particular domain. 
C)  Individuals with world-class status in the arts, mathematics, science, and sports all report strong family support. 
D)  Individuals who are highly gifted are typically gifted in many domains.

Question 18

When comparing trends in IQ tests from people around the world, it is clear that IQ scores have been:

Accepted Answer

A)  slowly decreasing. 
B)  rapidly decreasing. 
C)  slowly increasing. 
D)  rapidly increasing.

Question 19

Her mother noticed Karlee was giving her full attention to her crayons, placing them on the table from the tallest down to the shortest. Karlee is fascinated with her new skill of _____.

Accepted Answer