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SPCE 680 FINAL EXAM | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
According to our textbook, reliable, well conducted, evidenced -
based research is most likely to be found _____________ . - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > Peer - reviewed journals
It is important for behavior therapists, psychologists, and parents
to maintain a critical attitude when considering the merits of
emerging theories. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
The identification of etiological causes of autism is important in
developing specific treatments and in developing prevention
programs. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
Research has determined that autism is a simple condition that
requires complex treatments. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > False
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Learning disabilities and language impairments are considered
two of the most common and jointly debilitating specifiers. -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
Research has shown that the possible risk factors for developing
ASD fall into which two groups? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
Genetic and environmental
Which disorders below are considered single gene disorders? -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of the above; Fragile X syndrome &
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex & Phenylketounuria
Research has shown that individuals with ASD are
___________________- .✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > much more
likely to have a sibling with ASD, or with one or another autism -
related behavior trait, than is explained by chance alone.
This method of research into the genetic bases of autism
compares genetic samples from two or more affected relatives
in the same family to see whether there are genetic anomalies
held in common. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > Linkage studies
Which of the following prenatal factors affecting fetal
development via the mother are known or suspected
environmental risk factors? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of
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the above; Exposure to certain pesticides & Obesity & Exposure
to traffic - related air pollutants & Diabetes
The study [of 657,461 children born in Denmark between 1999 and
2010] strongly supports [the conclusion] that MMR vaccination
does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger autism in
susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of
autism cases after vaccination. (Hviid, Hansen et al., 2019)
Correct! - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
A developmental syndrome of know genetic origin co - occurs
with ASD approximately 10 - 15 percent of the time. - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > True
It is likely that genetic anomalies, by themselves, will eventually
provide an adequate explanation of all or most cases of sporadic
ASD. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > False
According to Boucher, the dramatic increase in the incidence of
ASD over the last couple of decades could plausibly be explained
or partly explained by environmental factors of relatively recent
origin. However, this has not yet proven to be the case. - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > True
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Several of the possible environmental and genetic risk factors
for ASD have also been identified as risk factors for other mental
health conditions (are pleiotropic). - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
True
Nerve fibers that carry information from one neuron to another. -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > Axons
Which of the following are research methods used when studying
the brain structures in people with ASD? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT
ANSWER > Computerized Tomography & Animal Models
Progress in research focused on studying the brain structures of
individuals with ASD gathered pace this decade due to
______________-. ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of the above;
research groups began to work more co - operatively & age -
related changes were identified and taken into account & the
early focus on individual structures or subregions with the brain
largely gave way to studying brain networks, or circui ts,
subserving ASD - related behavioral functions
Neurological studies have found that grey matter in the
cerebellums of individuals with ASD tend to be ___________
relative to their neurotypical peers. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
decreased
SPCE 680 FINAL EXAM | {LATEST 2026/ 2027
UPDATE} COMPLETE ACTUAL AND AUTHENTIC
EXAM | BRAND NEW!
According to our textbook, reliable, well conducted, evidenced -
based research is most likely to be found _____________ . - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > Peer - reviewed journals
It is important for behavior therapists, psychologists, and parents
to maintain a critical attitude when considering the merits of
emerging theories. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
The identification of etiological causes of autism is important in
developing specific treatments and in developing prevention
programs. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
Research has determined that autism is a simple condition that
requires complex treatments. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > False
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Learning disabilities and language impairments are considered
two of the most common and jointly debilitating specifiers. -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
Research has shown that the possible risk factors for developing
ASD fall into which two groups? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
Genetic and environmental
Which disorders below are considered single gene disorders? -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of the above; Fragile X syndrome &
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex & Phenylketounuria
Research has shown that individuals with ASD are
___________________- .✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > much more
likely to have a sibling with ASD, or with one or another autism -
related behavior trait, than is explained by chance alone.
This method of research into the genetic bases of autism
compares genetic samples from two or more affected relatives
in the same family to see whether there are genetic anomalies
held in common. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > Linkage studies
Which of the following prenatal factors affecting fetal
development via the mother are known or suspected
environmental risk factors? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of
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the above; Exposure to certain pesticides & Obesity & Exposure
to traffic - related air pollutants & Diabetes
The study [of 657,461 children born in Denmark between 1999 and
2010] strongly supports [the conclusion] that MMR vaccination
does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger autism in
susceptible children, and is not associated with clustering of
autism cases after vaccination. (Hviid, Hansen et al., 2019)
Correct! - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > True
A developmental syndrome of know genetic origin co - occurs
with ASD approximately 10 - 15 percent of the time. - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > True
It is likely that genetic anomalies, by themselves, will eventually
provide an adequate explanation of all or most cases of sporadic
ASD. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > False
According to Boucher, the dramatic increase in the incidence of
ASD over the last couple of decades could plausibly be explained
or partly explained by environmental factors of relatively recent
origin. However, this has not yet proven to be the case. - ✔✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER > True
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Several of the possible environmental and genetic risk factors
for ASD have also been identified as risk factors for other mental
health conditions (are pleiotropic). - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
True
Nerve fibers that carry information from one neuron to another. -
✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > Axons
Which of the following are research methods used when studying
the brain structures in people with ASD? - ✔✔✔ CORRECT
ANSWER > Computerized Tomography & Animal Models
Progress in research focused on studying the brain structures of
individuals with ASD gathered pace this decade due to
______________-. ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER > All of the above;
research groups began to work more co - operatively & age -
related changes were identified and taken into account & the
early focus on individual structures or subregions with the brain
largely gave way to studying brain networks, or circui ts,
subserving ASD - related behavioral functions
Neurological studies have found that grey matter in the
cerebellums of individuals with ASD tend to be ___________
relative to their neurotypical peers. - ✔✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER >
decreased
