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KIRK, GALLAGHER, & COLEMAN, EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 15TH EDITION,
9780357625231; CHAPTER 1: CHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Content Type ............................................................................................................................................... 1
[Test Bank Chapter 1] ............................................................................................................................... 1
CONTENT TYPE
[TEST BANK CHAPTER 1]
1. A child with disabilities can be eligible for special education services in __________ different legal
categories.
a. 8
b. 10
c. 13
d. 15
Answer: c
Solution Text: A child with disabilities can be eligible for special education services in 13 different
legal categories.
2. IDEA stands for the __________.
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
3. The most recent reauthorization of IDEA occurred in
a. 1990
b. 1994
c. 2004
d. 2015
Answer: c
Solution Text: The most recent reauthorization of IDEA occurred in 2004.
4. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder falls under which disability category?
a. Learning disabilities
b. Mild intellectual disabilities
c. Emotional/behavioral disorders
d. Other health impairment
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Answer: d
Solution Text: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder falls under other health impairment.
5. Students who are exceptional based on gifts and talents are included in federal legislation for exceptional
children.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; students who are exceptional based on gifts and talents are NOT included in
federal legislation for exceptional children. They are covered under the Javits Act.
6. Briefly define exceptionality based on gift and talents.
Answer: Students with gifts and talents perform—or have the capability to perform—at higher levels
compared to others of the same age, experience, and environment in one or more domains.
7. What is a major similarity between students with gifts and talents and students with disabilities?
Answer: They both require modification(s) to their educational experience(s) to learn and realize their
potential.
8. It doesn’t really matter which disability category a child is identified with; special education is special
education.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; special education is specific to the type of disability a child has.
9. __________ is the ability to remain calm and open in the present moment and bring nonjudgmental
awareness to our internal thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
a. Mindfulness
b. Dyslexia
c. Proactivity
d. IDEA
Answer: a
Solution Text: Mindfulness is the ability to remain calm and open in the present moment and bring
nonjudgmental awareness to our internal thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
10. Variances that occur within a single child are known as __________.
Answer: intraindividual differences
Solution Text: Variances that occur within a single child are known as intraindividual differences.
11. Differences between children are known as __________.
Answer: interindividual differences
Solution Text: Differences between children are known as interindividual differences.
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12. IEP stands for __________.
Answer: individualized education program
Solution Text: IEP stands for individualized education program.
13. Name the 5 components of the information processing model.
Answer: Input, processing, output, executive function, emotional context.
Solution Text: The information processing model is made of input, processing, output, executive function,
emotional context.
14. Describe what is happening in the process stage of the information processing model.
Answer: Classification, reasoning, evaluation, memory–thinking about it.
Solution Text: The process stage of the information processing model includes classification, reasoning,
evaluation, and memory.
15. In which component of the information processing model do we determine whether a student has learned
what we are teaching?
Answer: Output.
Solution Text: Output is the component that shows teachers whether the students have learned what they
have taught.
16. Which component of the information processing model allows students to choose what information to
focus on, how to interpret the information, and how to respond to the information?
Answer: Executive function.
Solution Text: Executive function allows students to choose what information to focus on, how to interpret
the information, and how to respond to the information.
17. If a student has met with repeated failures with prior learning, they may experience __________ anxiety in
similar learning situations.
Answer: anticipatory
Solution Text: If a student has met with repeated failures with prior learning, they may experience
anticipatory anxiety in similar learning situations.
18. Many students learn best when they interact with information in a(n)
a. concrete way.
b. abstract way.
Answer: a
Solution Text: Many students learn best when they interact with information in a concrete way.
19. Many students learn best when they interact with information using __________ methods for input.
a. visual
b. auditory
c. kinesthetic
d. multiple
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Answer: d
Solution Text: Many students learn best when they interact with information using multiple methods
for input.
20. Until about __________, it was believed that heredity alone determined intelligence.
a. 1945
b. 1960
c. 1975
d. 1990
Answer: b
Solution Text: Until about 1960, it was believed that heredity alone determined intelligence.
21. The belief that heredity alone determined intelligence led people to conclude that a child’s future outcomes
were already set.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; the belief that heredity alone determined intelligence led people to conclude that
a child’s future outcomes were already set.
22. Environmental conditions can result in a child having
a. a disability.
b. gifts and talents.
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: c
Solution Text: Environmental conditions can result in a child having a disability and gifts and talents.
23. Today, we understand that intelligence, behavior, and exceptionality are the result of
a. multiple complex genes.
b. complex interactions between genes and environments.
c. complex environmental factors.
d. None of the above
Answer: b
Solution Text: Today we understand that intelligence, behavior, and exceptionality are the result of
complex interactions between genes and environments.
24. It appears that changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can activate different patterns of
genes, so that environment influences heredity.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; it appears that changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can
activate different patterns of genes, so that environment influences heredity.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
25. Some genes can control behavior directly.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
Solution Text: False; genes cannot control behavior directly.
26. In many cases, we do not know what caused a child’s disability.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; in many cases, we do not know what caused a child’s disability.
27. We estimate that __________ children in the U.S. have exceptionalities in the disability categories outlined
by the U.S. Department of Education.
a. 700,000
b. 7.1 million
c. 12.6 million
d. 18 million
Answer: b
Solution Text: We estimate that 7.1 million children in the U.S. have exceptionalities in the disability
categories outlined by the U.S. Department of Education.
28. The categories of disability that are most prevalent are known as the __________ disabilities.
Answer: high incidence
Solution Text: The categories of disability that are most prevalent are known as the high incidence
disabilities.
29. When there is a cutoff point in qualifying for an exceptionality, students directly on either side of this
cutoff point are generally significantly different from one another.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; when there is a cutoff point in qualifying for an exceptionality, students directly
on either side of this cutoff point are almost indistinguishable from one another.
30. Students who narrowly miss the cutoff point for formal identification with a disability are likely to require
additional supports in order to be successful.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; students who narrowly miss the cutoff point for formal identification with a
disability are likely to require additional supports in order to be successful.
31. About what percentage of students in the U.S. qualify for services under IDEA?
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a. 2%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 17%
Answer: c
Solution Text: 10% of students in the U.S. qualify for services under IDEA.
32. The largest category of exceptionality is
a. learning disabilities.
b. intellectual disabilities.
c. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
d. emotional/behavioral disorder.
Answer: a
Solution Text: Learning disabilities is the largest category of exceptionality.
33. Disability categories that make up less than 1% of the total school population are known as __________
disabilities.
Answer: low-incidence
Solution Text: Disability categories that make up less than 1% of the total school population are known as
low-incidence disabilities.
34. Disability categories that are most prevalent are known as __________ disabilities.
Answer: high-incidence
Solution Text: High-incidence disabilities are most prevalence.
35. Name 3 high-incidence disabilities.
Answer: The high-incidence disabilities are learning disability, speech/language, emotional/behavioral
disorder, mild intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorder.
36. Name 3 low-incidence disabilities.
Answer: The low-incidence disabilities are multiple disabilities, traumatic brain injury, deaf-blindness,
visual impairment/blindness, hard-of-hearing/deafness, orthopedic impairment, and moderate to severe
intellectual disability.
37. Black students are __________ to be identified with a disability when compared with all other students.
a. 15% more likely
b. 15% less likely
c. 25% less likely
d. 40% more likely
Answer: d
Solution Text: Black students are 40% more likely to be identified with a disability when compared
with all other students.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
38. LRE stands for __________.
Answer: least restrictive environment.
39. Define “least restrictive environment.”
Answer: Students with disabilities should be educated in settings with their nondisabled peers to the
greatest extent possible.
40. Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by
a. the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
b. the laws of individual states.
c. No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
d. the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Answer: a
Solution Text: Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
41. From an educator’s point of view, identification of a student as exceptional is necessary when the student
a. has an obvious interindividual difference.
b. has an obvious intraindividual difference.
c. requires special adaptations in the educational program.
d. has a parent who wants services.
Answer: c
Solution Text: From an educator’s point of view, identification of a student as exceptional is
necessary when the student requires special adaptations in the educational program.
42. Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and the social behavior of an 8-year-old.
This discrepancy is referred to by the authors of your
text as
a. comorbidity.
b. learning disability.
c. interindividual difference.
d. intraindividual difference.
Answer: d
Solution Text: Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and the social
behavior of an 8-year-old. This discrepancy is referred to by the authors of your text as intraindividual
difference.
43. The Information processing model includes all BUT which component?
a. Executive function
b. Emotional context
c. Genetic predisposition
d. Input of information
Answer: c
Solution Text: The Information processing model includes all BUT genetic predisposition.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
44. One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is
a. developmental disabilities.
b. autism spectrum disorders.
c. learning disabilities.
d. hearing impairment.
Answer: b
Solution Text: One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is autism
spectrum disorders.
45. In what 3 areas of special education do we see overrepresentation of students of color?
Answer: Identification/eligibility, placement in separate settings (nonrgeneral education settings), and
disciplinary measures (harsher punishments) are areas of special education where we see
overrepresentation of students of color.
46. Describe 2 negative unintended outcomes to suspension/expulsion.
Answer: Two negative unintended outcomes can be chosen from: interrupts student’s access to education
and educational supports, gives the student the message that they do not belong in school with the other
students, undermines student’s connections with teacher and peers, may increase drop-outs, may support a
system that is biased against students of color.
47. Briefly describe “cultural competence” for teachers.
Answer: Culture competence is the ability to relate effectively with people of different cultures and
socioeconomic backgrounds. Cultural competence includes awareness of one’s own cultural perspective,
attitudes towards cultural differences, knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and the
development of cross-cultural skills.
48. List 3 adverse factors linked to poverty.
Answer: Adverse factors linked to poverty include: divorce or separation of parents, parental death,
witnessing adult and or neighborhood violence, family members serving time in jail, living with someone
who has an alcohol or drug problem, and being treated or judged unfairly due to race or ethnicity.
49. Remaining calm and open in the present moment is known as
a. a high-leverage practice.
b. a self-centered approach.
c. Mindfulness.
d. creative positivity.
Answer: c
Solution Text: Remaining calm and open in the present moment is known as mindfulness.
50. Describe 3 strategies involved in mindful listening.
Answer: Mindful listening involves: remove distractions, minimize interruptions, make sure the
environment is comfortable and inviting, pay attention to what is being said, pay attention to tone and body
language, restate/paraphrase what the speaker is saying, ask clarifying questions.
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2- We have shown you 10 pages.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel
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, Solution and Answer Guide: Kirk, Gallagher, & Coleman, Educating Exceptional Children 15th Edition, 9780357625231; Chapter 1: Children
with Exceptionalities and Their Families
Solution and Answer Guide
KIRK, GALLAGHER, & COLEMAN, EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 15TH EDITION,
9780357625231; CHAPTER 1: CHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Content Type ............................................................................................................................................... 1
[Test Bank Chapter 1] ............................................................................................................................... 1
CONTENT TYPE
[TEST BANK CHAPTER 1]
1. A child with disabilities can be eligible for special education services in __________ different legal
categories.
a. 8
b. 10
c. 13
d. 15
Answer: c
Solution Text: A child with disabilities can be eligible for special education services in 13 different
legal categories.
2. IDEA stands for the __________.
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
3. The most recent reauthorization of IDEA occurred in
a. 1990
b. 1994
c. 2004
d. 2015
Answer: c
Solution Text: The most recent reauthorization of IDEA occurred in 2004.
4. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder falls under which disability category?
a. Learning disabilities
b. Mild intellectual disabilities
c. Emotional/behavioral disorders
d. Other health impairment
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
Answer: d
Solution Text: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder falls under other health impairment.
5. Students who are exceptional based on gifts and talents are included in federal legislation for exceptional
children.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; students who are exceptional based on gifts and talents are NOT included in
federal legislation for exceptional children. They are covered under the Javits Act.
6. Briefly define exceptionality based on gift and talents.
Answer: Students with gifts and talents perform—or have the capability to perform—at higher levels
compared to others of the same age, experience, and environment in one or more domains.
7. What is a major similarity between students with gifts and talents and students with disabilities?
Answer: They both require modification(s) to their educational experience(s) to learn and realize their
potential.
8. It doesn’t really matter which disability category a child is identified with; special education is special
education.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; special education is specific to the type of disability a child has.
9. __________ is the ability to remain calm and open in the present moment and bring nonjudgmental
awareness to our internal thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
a. Mindfulness
b. Dyslexia
c. Proactivity
d. IDEA
Answer: a
Solution Text: Mindfulness is the ability to remain calm and open in the present moment and bring
nonjudgmental awareness to our internal thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
10. Variances that occur within a single child are known as __________.
Answer: intraindividual differences
Solution Text: Variances that occur within a single child are known as intraindividual differences.
11. Differences between children are known as __________.
Answer: interindividual differences
Solution Text: Differences between children are known as interindividual differences.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
12. IEP stands for __________.
Answer: individualized education program
Solution Text: IEP stands for individualized education program.
13. Name the 5 components of the information processing model.
Answer: Input, processing, output, executive function, emotional context.
Solution Text: The information processing model is made of input, processing, output, executive function,
emotional context.
14. Describe what is happening in the process stage of the information processing model.
Answer: Classification, reasoning, evaluation, memory–thinking about it.
Solution Text: The process stage of the information processing model includes classification, reasoning,
evaluation, and memory.
15. In which component of the information processing model do we determine whether a student has learned
what we are teaching?
Answer: Output.
Solution Text: Output is the component that shows teachers whether the students have learned what they
have taught.
16. Which component of the information processing model allows students to choose what information to
focus on, how to interpret the information, and how to respond to the information?
Answer: Executive function.
Solution Text: Executive function allows students to choose what information to focus on, how to interpret
the information, and how to respond to the information.
17. If a student has met with repeated failures with prior learning, they may experience __________ anxiety in
similar learning situations.
Answer: anticipatory
Solution Text: If a student has met with repeated failures with prior learning, they may experience
anticipatory anxiety in similar learning situations.
18. Many students learn best when they interact with information in a(n)
a. concrete way.
b. abstract way.
Answer: a
Solution Text: Many students learn best when they interact with information in a concrete way.
19. Many students learn best when they interact with information using __________ methods for input.
a. visual
b. auditory
c. kinesthetic
d. multiple
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
Answer: d
Solution Text: Many students learn best when they interact with information using multiple methods
for input.
20. Until about __________, it was believed that heredity alone determined intelligence.
a. 1945
b. 1960
c. 1975
d. 1990
Answer: b
Solution Text: Until about 1960, it was believed that heredity alone determined intelligence.
21. The belief that heredity alone determined intelligence led people to conclude that a child’s future outcomes
were already set.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; the belief that heredity alone determined intelligence led people to conclude that
a child’s future outcomes were already set.
22. Environmental conditions can result in a child having
a. a disability.
b. gifts and talents.
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer: c
Solution Text: Environmental conditions can result in a child having a disability and gifts and talents.
23. Today, we understand that intelligence, behavior, and exceptionality are the result of
a. multiple complex genes.
b. complex interactions between genes and environments.
c. complex environmental factors.
d. None of the above
Answer: b
Solution Text: Today we understand that intelligence, behavior, and exceptionality are the result of
complex interactions between genes and environments.
24. It appears that changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can activate different patterns of
genes, so that environment influences heredity.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; it appears that changing the environmental conditions of early childhood can
activate different patterns of genes, so that environment influences heredity.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
25. Some genes can control behavior directly.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
Solution Text: False; genes cannot control behavior directly.
26. In many cases, we do not know what caused a child’s disability.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; in many cases, we do not know what caused a child’s disability.
27. We estimate that __________ children in the U.S. have exceptionalities in the disability categories outlined
by the U.S. Department of Education.
a. 700,000
b. 7.1 million
c. 12.6 million
d. 18 million
Answer: b
Solution Text: We estimate that 7.1 million children in the U.S. have exceptionalities in the disability
categories outlined by the U.S. Department of Education.
28. The categories of disability that are most prevalent are known as the __________ disabilities.
Answer: high incidence
Solution Text: The categories of disability that are most prevalent are known as the high incidence
disabilities.
29. When there is a cutoff point in qualifying for an exceptionality, students directly on either side of this
cutoff point are generally significantly different from one another.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Solution Text: False; when there is a cutoff point in qualifying for an exceptionality, students directly
on either side of this cutoff point are almost indistinguishable from one another.
30. Students who narrowly miss the cutoff point for formal identification with a disability are likely to require
additional supports in order to be successful.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Solution Text: True; students who narrowly miss the cutoff point for formal identification with a
disability are likely to require additional supports in order to be successful.
31. About what percentage of students in the U.S. qualify for services under IDEA?
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a. 2%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 17%
Answer: c
Solution Text: 10% of students in the U.S. qualify for services under IDEA.
32. The largest category of exceptionality is
a. learning disabilities.
b. intellectual disabilities.
c. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
d. emotional/behavioral disorder.
Answer: a
Solution Text: Learning disabilities is the largest category of exceptionality.
33. Disability categories that make up less than 1% of the total school population are known as __________
disabilities.
Answer: low-incidence
Solution Text: Disability categories that make up less than 1% of the total school population are known as
low-incidence disabilities.
34. Disability categories that are most prevalent are known as __________ disabilities.
Answer: high-incidence
Solution Text: High-incidence disabilities are most prevalence.
35. Name 3 high-incidence disabilities.
Answer: The high-incidence disabilities are learning disability, speech/language, emotional/behavioral
disorder, mild intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorder.
36. Name 3 low-incidence disabilities.
Answer: The low-incidence disabilities are multiple disabilities, traumatic brain injury, deaf-blindness,
visual impairment/blindness, hard-of-hearing/deafness, orthopedic impairment, and moderate to severe
intellectual disability.
37. Black students are __________ to be identified with a disability when compared with all other students.
a. 15% more likely
b. 15% less likely
c. 25% less likely
d. 40% more likely
Answer: d
Solution Text: Black students are 40% more likely to be identified with a disability when compared
with all other students.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
38. LRE stands for __________.
Answer: least restrictive environment.
39. Define “least restrictive environment.”
Answer: Students with disabilities should be educated in settings with their nondisabled peers to the
greatest extent possible.
40. Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by
a. the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
b. the laws of individual states.
c. No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
d. the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Answer: a
Solution Text: Legally recognized categories of exceptionality are defined by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
41. From an educator’s point of view, identification of a student as exceptional is necessary when the student
a. has an obvious interindividual difference.
b. has an obvious intraindividual difference.
c. requires special adaptations in the educational program.
d. has a parent who wants services.
Answer: c
Solution Text: From an educator’s point of view, identification of a student as exceptional is
necessary when the student requires special adaptations in the educational program.
42. Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and the social behavior of an 8-year-old.
This discrepancy is referred to by the authors of your
text as
a. comorbidity.
b. learning disability.
c. interindividual difference.
d. intraindividual difference.
Answer: d
Solution Text: Shannon, who is 10 years old, has the intelligence of a 12-year-old and the social
behavior of an 8-year-old. This discrepancy is referred to by the authors of your text as intraindividual
difference.
43. The Information processing model includes all BUT which component?
a. Executive function
b. Emotional context
c. Genetic predisposition
d. Input of information
Answer: c
Solution Text: The Information processing model includes all BUT genetic predisposition.
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website, in whole or in part.
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with Exceptionalities and Their Families
44. One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is
a. developmental disabilities.
b. autism spectrum disorders.
c. learning disabilities.
d. hearing impairment.
Answer: b
Solution Text: One area of exceptionalities where prevalence seems to be increasing rapidly is autism
spectrum disorders.
45. In what 3 areas of special education do we see overrepresentation of students of color?
Answer: Identification/eligibility, placement in separate settings (nonrgeneral education settings), and
disciplinary measures (harsher punishments) are areas of special education where we see
overrepresentation of students of color.
46. Describe 2 negative unintended outcomes to suspension/expulsion.
Answer: Two negative unintended outcomes can be chosen from: interrupts student’s access to education
and educational supports, gives the student the message that they do not belong in school with the other
students, undermines student’s connections with teacher and peers, may increase drop-outs, may support a
system that is biased against students of color.
47. Briefly describe “cultural competence” for teachers.
Answer: Culture competence is the ability to relate effectively with people of different cultures and
socioeconomic backgrounds. Cultural competence includes awareness of one’s own cultural perspective,
attitudes towards cultural differences, knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and the
development of cross-cultural skills.
48. List 3 adverse factors linked to poverty.
Answer: Adverse factors linked to poverty include: divorce or separation of parents, parental death,
witnessing adult and or neighborhood violence, family members serving time in jail, living with someone
who has an alcohol or drug problem, and being treated or judged unfairly due to race or ethnicity.
49. Remaining calm and open in the present moment is known as
a. a high-leverage practice.
b. a self-centered approach.
c. Mindfulness.
d. creative positivity.
Answer: c
Solution Text: Remaining calm and open in the present moment is known as mindfulness.
50. Describe 3 strategies involved in mindful listening.
Answer: Mindful listening involves: remove distractions, minimize interruptions, make sure the
environment is comfortable and inviting, pay attention to what is being said, pay attention to tone and body
language, restate/paraphrase what the speaker is saying, ask clarifying questions.
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