Teachers rated African American and white children as having ADHD, based on DSM-IV criteria, at about the same rate
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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Which federal law provides students with disabilities greater access to vocational education experiences?
a. The Carl Perkins Act b. The Americans with Disabilities Act c. Public Law 99-457 d. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
On some occasions, attributing students' failures to lack of effort is quite appropriate. On other occasions, attributions to effort can backfire and be counterproductive. Which one of the following alternatives is the most accurate description of how attributions to effort can sometimes have adverse effects?
a. When students fail at a task they have tried very hard at and are then told that they didn't try hard enough, they may decide they simply don't have the ability to do the task and give up. b. When students fail at a task at which they have not tried very hard to succeed and are then told that they didn't exert enough effort, they are likely to feel resentment toward their teacher. c. When students are told that they didn't try hard enough at a task that they expended quite a bit of effort on, they will almost certainly attribute the failure to bad luck. d. When students are told that they didn't exert enough effort and they really didn't try very hard, they are likely to attribute their failure to an external factor and not accept responsibility for it.
When we continue doing what works and change what doesn't work, we are __________
a. rewriting our unconscious scripts b. letting our childhood experiences control us c. listening to our Inner Critic d. eliminating our scripts from our unconscious
Kyle believes that his level of intelligence is fixed and consequently cannot be changed. According to Carol Dweck, Kyle likely
a. subscribes to the incremental theory of intelligence. b. will likely drop out of school. c. has low self-esteem. d. will be motivated to get high grades and avoid failure.