Question :
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Woolfolk’s position the issue of labeling exceptional students : 1184164
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Woolfolk’s position on the issue of labeling exceptional students is that such practices
A) are clearly detrimental and should not be continued.
B) are far more beneficial than harmful and definitely need to be continued.
C) have both positive and negative effects and need to be exercised cautiously.
D) should be used only with physical handicaps that do not affect mental or emotional functioning.
2) The major difference between a disability and a handicap is that a disability is an inability to do something specific, such as being unable to hear or to walk, while a handicap
A) has both advantages and disadvantages.
B) is a disadvantage in certain situations.
C) is a disadvantage in most situations.
D) will become a disability.
3) Which one of the following statements is TRUE about intelligence?
A) It is generally regarded today to be a poor predictor of academic achievement.
B) It is theorized to be a collection of abilities by many psychologists.
C) The first formal intelligence testing was conducted by Plato.
D) Throughout history there has been general agreement about its meaning.
4) Alan performs well on most academic and learning tasks, but he has some difficulty on a test involving memorization of numbers. Spearman’s explanation for Alan’s test scores is expressed best by the statement that Alan
A) has a high g factor but has problems with specific abilities.
B) has good specific abilities but lacks a strong g factor.
C) is skilled in learning but unskilled in memory.
D) lacks the general intellectual capacity to perform math well.
A) Fluid and contextualized
B) Fluid and crystallized
C) Interpersonal and intrapersonal
D) Global and verbal
6) A teacher who knows how to effectively use cooperative learning in his or her classroom is demonstrating
A) naturalist intelligence.
B) speed of processing.
C) linguistic intelligence.
D) crystallized intelligence.
7) The theory that defines intelligence as encompassing at least eight separate kinds of intelligence is
A) Binet’s theory of school-related intelligences.
B) Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.
C) Spearman’s g factor concept.
D) Sternberg’s components view of intelligence.
8) Based on the underlying idea of Gardner’s theory, one might expect minor brain damage to
A) affect all types of functioning with about the same degree of impact.
B) cause more severe physical problems than mental problems.
C) interfere with one type of functioning but not affect other areas.
D) lower general intelligence but have less impact on specific types of intelligence.
9) Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence includes what three distinct types of intelligence?
A) Analytic, practical, and meta-components
B) Creative, analytic, and practical
C) Insight, creativity, and practical
D) Performance, knowledge, and analytic components
10) All children in Ms. Gray’s math class can now solve subtraction problems, but Larry does them much more quickly and efficiently than most of his classmates. Sternberg would call this
A) automaticity.
B) flexibility.
C) insight.
D) meta-components.
