Identification of a child as being at risk for a learning disability
a. is generally associated with a single compelling risk factor.
b. is based on a narrow definition of normal behavior in young children.
c. generally includes a prediction of the specific type of disability suspected.
d. is made difficult by the predictive validity of the assessment instruments used with young children.
d
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A child who describes herself using the following statements is probably what age? “I am an honest girl with brown hair. I have a dog and like to play the piano.”
a. 3 years b. 6 years c. 12 years d. None of the above
According to Self-perception theory, you can understand your attitudes and emotions by
a. Listening to feedback given by people who know you really well b. Observing and interpreting your own behavior in different situations. c. Observing and interpreting other people's behavior in similar situations d. Displaying deindividuation to an appropriate degree.
Refer to Exhibit 2-2. The influence of advance organizers on learning the subsequently presented materials
a. an independent variable. b. a dependent variable. c. a variable but impossible to determine whether a or b.
Which of the following is a serious threat to the internal validity of the nonequivalent-groups posttest-only design?
a) Without a pretest, it is difficult to control for selection differences. b) Treatment group results cannot be compared to control group results. c) The lack of a control group makes it difficult to draw conclusions. d) Random selection of participants to each group can result in equivalent groups.