The condition called autism spectrum disorder includes the term(s)
a. autism.
b. Asperger’s Syndrome.
c. pervasive developmental disorder.
d. autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder.
ANSWER: d
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Which of the following statements is true regarding persons with autism?
a. They usually have a hypersensitivity to noises but not to being touched by others. b. Many persons with autism are hypersensitive to noises in the environment, and some are sensitive to touch as well. c. All persons with autism shy away from being touched by others and some are sensitive to noises in the environment. d. Only persons with Asperger's syndrome are sensitive to noises and to being touched.
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Indicate whether the statement is true(T) or false(F).
A classroom teacher and school psychologist are conferring about Gregory, a boy who works very hard in class and yet shows consistently poor performance in any assignments that require reading or writing. Judging from the textbook's discussion of assessments as a means of diagnosing learning and performance problems, what kinds of assessment results should the teacher and psychologist consider as
they try to pinpoint the source of Gregory's difficulty? a. They should focus on results from tests published by reputable test publishers, because these tests have specifically been developed to assess learning disabilities and other sources of learning difficulty. b. They should focus on Gregory's performance on weekly classroom tests, which provide ongoing assessment of Gregory's progress. c. They should conduct an in-depth analysis of Gregory's writing samples, which will be much more informative than test scores. d. They should look for clues about Gregory's difficulties both in his performance on published tests and in his classroom tests and assignments.
When running a mixed design ANOVA for a particular experiment a significant Levene’s test is found. What is the most likely cause?
A. Outlying data points / observations B. Similar variance between the data sets C. Data are normally distributed D. Sphericity cannot be assumed