If an explanation for behavior is inclusive, then it must:
a. be simple
b. provide reliable answers to what people will do under certain conditions
c. account for a substantial quantity of behavior
d. suggest an appropriate intervention
[Ques. 2] Instruction is to proactive as correction is to:
a. reactive
b. punishment
c. distractive
d. reward
e. disorder
[Ques. 3] The concept of control refers to the belief that:
a. children can control their own behavior
b. children can be used to control other children's behavior
c. teachers are hired to produce academic behavior and control bad social behavior
d. teachers lack the skills to control students' behavior
[Ques. 4] Which of the following statements is true?
a. all classrooms require the same social behaviors to be performed by students
b. standards for social behavior are well defined
c. behavioral requirements of the classroom differ from those of the real world
d. it is impossible for the same social behavior to be both appropriate and inappropriate
[Ques. 5] Why is social behavior difficult to evaluate?
a. because there are no pre-determined, well-defined standards for social behavior
b. because children do not engage in social behavior in the classroom
c. because parents never follow through when given the task to observe their child's behavior
d. both b and c
e. all of the above
[Ques. 6] Social reciprocity refers to:
a. the process of analyzing a child's development in relation to an adult's parenting style
b. the phenomenon of observing an effect of a person's behavior and ascribing a biological cause to that behavior
c. mutually reinforcing interactive exchanges between individuals
d. an agreement between two societies to share knowledge and technology in a manner to improve the lives of children
[Ques. 7] The same social behavior can be both appropriate and inappropriate depending upon:
a. the student's intelligence quotient (IQ)
b. the particular context or situation
c. the number of children in a student's family
d. the amount of preservatives in a student's food
[Ques. 8] Why is the distinction between academic and social behavior arbitrary?
a. because academic behavior is controlled by intelligence and social behavior is determined genetically
b. because neither the academic or social behavior of handicapped children can be improved
c. because children with both academic and social behavior problems come from single parent families
d. because both academic and social behavior are governed by the same principles of learning and respond to similar interventions
[Ques. 9] Which of the following represents a problem with conceptualizing behavior problems as mental illness or disorder?
a. bizarre behavior cannot typically be explained by a defect or disease of the nervous system
b. there are not enough trained professionals to identify normal from abnormal behavior
c. making a diagnosis requires a clinician to compare a child' observed behavior to some societal standard which vary across contexts and cultures
d. both a and c
e. all of the above
[Ques. 10] Why is the practice of differential diagnosis ineffective for individuals with interpersonal problems?
a. because there are not enough well-trained psychiatrists to properly diagnosis behavioral and emotional problems
b. because the concept of differential diagnosis is grounded in the medical model, yet labels used to describe individuals with interpersonal problems are socially determined and socially negotiated
c. because differential diagnosis implies that the clinician can ascertain differences between two or more disorders that are manifested simultaneously
d. because there are not enough labels to describe the multitude of conditions exhibited by children and adolescents
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