TeXes Special Education 161 EC-12 Key Terms| 130
questions| with complete solutions
Lower Academic Performance, Social Skills Deficits, Disruptive Classroom behavior,
Aggressive Behavior, Delinquency and Withdrawn Behaviors Correct Answer: Characteristics
of Children with Emotional Disturbances
Abuse, Lack of Supervision, High Rates of Negative Interaction, Negative role models Correct
Answer: Characteristics of the Family of an Emotionally Disturbed Child
Lack of Interest in Schoolwork, Preference for concrete over abstract lessons, weak listening
skills, low achievement, possess areas of talent that are often overlooked, and high drop out rate
Correct Answer: Characteristics of Children with Mild Learning, Intellectual, and Behavior
Disabilities
Hyperactivity is Correct Answer: a rate of motor activity higher than normal
Perceptual difficulties include Correct Answer: visual, auditory, and perceptual problems
<70 on IQ Test, limited cognitive ability, delayed achievement, difficulty in attending to relevant
aspects of stimuli Correct Answer: Characteristics of Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disabilities
Autism is generally identified by Correct Answer: Age 3
A child is said to have a specific disorder when Correct Answer: A behavior occurs frequently
and to a degree that impacts the learning and safety of themselves or others
Of the listed theoretical explanations for behavior disorders, which theory promotes the use of
"drug therapy?" Correct Answer: The Biophysical Perspective (emphasizes the relationship
between physical and biological factors)
Recurrent pattern of negative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior towards authority
Correct Answer: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Repetitive and Persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age
appropriate social norms or rules are violated Correct Answer: Conduct Disorder
Morpheme Correct Answer: Smallest semantically meaningful unit of language
Mean Length of Utterances Correct Answer: Total number of morphemes/per 100 utterances
5 components of Language Learning Correct Answer: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax,
Semantics, Pragmatics
Phonology Correct Answer: System of rules about sounds and sound combinations.
, Phoneme Correct Answer: The smallest unit of sound; by itself it does not have meaning.
Morphology Correct Answer: Combining morphemes and free morphemes to make meaningful
language.
Syntax Correct Answer: Rules, Commonly known as grammar, that govern how morphemes and
words are correctly combined
Semantics Correct Answer: Language content and meaning
Pragmatics Correct Answer: The speakers's intent, used to influence or control actions or
attitudes of others
3 Types of Antidepressants Correct Answer: SSRI, Tri-cyclic, MAOI
Dysphagia Correct Answer: A medical condition that hampers swallowing
In 1990, IDEA classified Autism as Correct Answer: Separate Exceptionality category
Criterion Referenced Test Correct Answer: Individual's performance is measured against
mastery of curriculum criteria rather than other students
Error Analysis Correct Answer: Mistakes on an individual's assessment are noted and
categorized by type
Informal Assessment Correct Answer: Non-standardized tests such as criterion referenced test
and teacher-prepared test. No rigid rules or procedures.
Latency Correct Answer: The length of time that elapses between the presentation of a stimulus
and the response
Multiple Baseline Design Correct Answer: Measure a behavior, apply intervention and measure
again, take away intervention and remeasure. This ensures that the change in behavior is related
to the intervention.
Norm-Referenced Test Correct Answer: An individual's performance is compared to the group
that was used to calculate the performance standards
An achievement test can be classified as a diagnostic if what can be delineated form results
Correct Answer: Strengths and Weaknesses
Multidisciplinary Evaluation Correct Answer: Used when instructional modifications in the
regular classroom have not proven successful
questions| with complete solutions
Lower Academic Performance, Social Skills Deficits, Disruptive Classroom behavior,
Aggressive Behavior, Delinquency and Withdrawn Behaviors Correct Answer: Characteristics
of Children with Emotional Disturbances
Abuse, Lack of Supervision, High Rates of Negative Interaction, Negative role models Correct
Answer: Characteristics of the Family of an Emotionally Disturbed Child
Lack of Interest in Schoolwork, Preference for concrete over abstract lessons, weak listening
skills, low achievement, possess areas of talent that are often overlooked, and high drop out rate
Correct Answer: Characteristics of Children with Mild Learning, Intellectual, and Behavior
Disabilities
Hyperactivity is Correct Answer: a rate of motor activity higher than normal
Perceptual difficulties include Correct Answer: visual, auditory, and perceptual problems
<70 on IQ Test, limited cognitive ability, delayed achievement, difficulty in attending to relevant
aspects of stimuli Correct Answer: Characteristics of Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disabilities
Autism is generally identified by Correct Answer: Age 3
A child is said to have a specific disorder when Correct Answer: A behavior occurs frequently
and to a degree that impacts the learning and safety of themselves or others
Of the listed theoretical explanations for behavior disorders, which theory promotes the use of
"drug therapy?" Correct Answer: The Biophysical Perspective (emphasizes the relationship
between physical and biological factors)
Recurrent pattern of negative, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior towards authority
Correct Answer: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Repetitive and Persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age
appropriate social norms or rules are violated Correct Answer: Conduct Disorder
Morpheme Correct Answer: Smallest semantically meaningful unit of language
Mean Length of Utterances Correct Answer: Total number of morphemes/per 100 utterances
5 components of Language Learning Correct Answer: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax,
Semantics, Pragmatics
Phonology Correct Answer: System of rules about sounds and sound combinations.
, Phoneme Correct Answer: The smallest unit of sound; by itself it does not have meaning.
Morphology Correct Answer: Combining morphemes and free morphemes to make meaningful
language.
Syntax Correct Answer: Rules, Commonly known as grammar, that govern how morphemes and
words are correctly combined
Semantics Correct Answer: Language content and meaning
Pragmatics Correct Answer: The speakers's intent, used to influence or control actions or
attitudes of others
3 Types of Antidepressants Correct Answer: SSRI, Tri-cyclic, MAOI
Dysphagia Correct Answer: A medical condition that hampers swallowing
In 1990, IDEA classified Autism as Correct Answer: Separate Exceptionality category
Criterion Referenced Test Correct Answer: Individual's performance is measured against
mastery of curriculum criteria rather than other students
Error Analysis Correct Answer: Mistakes on an individual's assessment are noted and
categorized by type
Informal Assessment Correct Answer: Non-standardized tests such as criterion referenced test
and teacher-prepared test. No rigid rules or procedures.
Latency Correct Answer: The length of time that elapses between the presentation of a stimulus
and the response
Multiple Baseline Design Correct Answer: Measure a behavior, apply intervention and measure
again, take away intervention and remeasure. This ensures that the change in behavior is related
to the intervention.
Norm-Referenced Test Correct Answer: An individual's performance is compared to the group
that was used to calculate the performance standards
An achievement test can be classified as a diagnostic if what can be delineated form results
Correct Answer: Strengths and Weaknesses
Multidisciplinary Evaluation Correct Answer: Used when instructional modifications in the
regular classroom have not proven successful
