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1
As reported in “New Calculator Factors Chances for Very Premature Infants,” the extremely premature infants discussed here weigh less than 2.2 pounds, having been born after only 22-25 weeks of pregnancy, and in the United States each year the number of births that fall into this category is about:
A)12,500.
B)25,000.
C)40,000.
D)1 million.
2
As noted in “New Calculator Factors Chances for Very Premature Infants,” current decisions about using respirators, intravenous feeding, and other forms of intensive care are mostly based on:
A)parental wishes.
B)availability of equipment.
C)ethical or religious considerations.
D)estimates of the baby’s gestational age.
3
According to “New Calculator Factors Chances for Very Premature Infants,” research has shown that, in an age range where one week is a highly significant factor for survival, a girl at 23 weeks could be as strong as a boy at 24 weeks.
A)True
B)False
4
As profiled in “Success at Last,” after years of trying, Tracy Ryan became pregnant when she:
A)altered the timing of intercourse with her husband.
B)underwent artificial insemination.
C)made healthy lifestyle changes.
D)quit trying.
5
As described in “Success at Last,” “holistic fertility care” involves:
A)standard prenatal care at a hospital or clinic.
B)ongoing care of the infant and child after birth.
C)working with the entire family to ensure a successful pregnancy.
D)nutrition counseling, stress reduction classes, and other healthy treatments.
6
As noted in “Success at Last,” the more a woman exercises, the better her chances are to conceive.
A)True
B)False
7
As presented in “Infants’ Differential Processing of Female and Male Faces,” categorization is an important information-processing capability because it allows for:
A)efficient allocation of cognitive resources.
B)instant recognition of unfamiliar people and objects.
C)accurate judgments about people and objects.
D)acceptance of all things, people, and situations.
8
As noted in “Infants’ Differential Processing of Female and Male Faces,” one negative aspect of the ability to categorize is the possibility of:
A)unwarranted trust.
B)stereotyping.
C)age-inappropriate activities.
D)choosing the wrong mate.
9
As stated in “Infants’ Differential Processing of Female and Male Faces,” research has shown that infants form prototypes of both female and male faces.
A)True
B)False
10
As pointed out in “The Other-Race Effect Develops During Infancy,” a 2002 study concerning gender preference showed that three- to four-month-old infants raised primarily by a male caregiver demonstrated a visual preference for:
A)the caregiver’s race, regardless of gender.
B)no gender or race over another.
C)male rather than female faces.
D)female rather than male faces.
11
As disclosed in “The Other-Race Effect Develops During Infancy,” 22 three-month-old infants were excluded from the authors’ final analysis due to all of the following reasons, except:
A)parental interference.
B)side bias during testing.
C)failure to habituate.
D)fussiness.
12
According to “The Other-Race Effect Develops During Infancy,” the stimuli used in the authors’ study were color images of faces from four ethnic groups, featuring differing shades of hair and eye colors.
A)True
B)False
13
As noted in “New Advances in Understanding Sensitive Periods in Brain Development,” the idea that there are sensitive periods in neural, cognitive, and behavioral development first became widely known when Konrad Lorenz described the phenomenon of:
A)filial imprinting.
B)critical sensitivity.
C)pivotal plasticity.
D)computational stimuli.
14
As explained in “New Advances in Understanding Sensitive Periods in Brain Development,” the recent theory that post-natal functional brain development (at least within the cerebral cortex) involves a process of increased fine-tuning of response properties known as:
A)individualized perception.
B)developmental consequence.
C)functional cognition.
D)interactive specialization.
15
As mentioned in “New Advances in Understanding Sensitive Periods in Brain Development,” a major feature of sensitive periods is that plasticity appears to be markedly increased at the end of the period.
A)True
B)False
16
As explained in “Contributions of Neuroscience to Our Understanding of Cognitive Development,” PKU is a disorder in the gene that codes for the enzyme:
A)glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
B)phenylalanine hydroxylase.
C)malate oxidase.
D)2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase.
17
As presented in “Contributions of Neuroscience to Our Understanding of Cognitive Development,” a mechanism that could conceivably underlie the ability of newborns to show imitation rather automatically was provided through the discovery (by Rizzolatti et al.) of:
A)ribonucleic acid.
B)mirror neurons.
C)the dopamine system.
D)phenylalanine.
18
As stated in “Contributions of Neuroscience to Our Understanding of Cognitive Development,” neuroscience research has demonstrated that the brain is far less plastic than previously thought.
A)True
B)False
19
As stated in “It’s Fun, But Does It Make You Smarter?,” psychologist Linda Jackson says that the children most likely to benefit from home Internet access are the:
A)proactive self-starters.
B)shy, reticent students.
C)least likely to have it.
D)ones who already have it.
20
As disclosed in “It’s Fun, But Does It Make You Smarter?,” Donald Leu et al. asked 50 seventh graders to assess the reliability of a website on the mythical:
A)endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.
B)dragon of Georgia.
C)lost city of Atlantis.
D)discovery of a humanoid life form on Mars in 1968.
21
As quoted in “It’s Fun, But Does It Make You Smarter?,” Kallen Tsikalas, director of research and learning services for Computers For Youth (CFY), contends that children are very reluctant to seek help for themselves online.
A)True
B)False
22
As noted in "Language and Children's Understanding of Mental States," a review of research on mental-state understanding shows that:
A)mothers who talk about psychological themes promote their children's mental-state understanding.
B)it is likely that psychologically precocious children prompt more mental-state language in their mothers.
C)any talkativeness on the part of a mother produces mental-state awareness.
D)there is no evidence that mothers' psychological language has any sustained influence on children.
23
As reported in "Language and Children's Understanding of Mental States," in discussing deaf children who are late signers, the author notes that they:
A)do as well as other children in tests for mental-state understanding when tested in sign language.
B)have similar rates of theory of mind acquisition as other children.
C)have similar rates of theory of mind acquisition as other deaf children.
D)are genuinely delayed in their conceptualization of mental states.
24
According to "Language and Children's Understanding of Mental States," among children with autism, accuracy in attribution of beliefs and emotions has no correlation to language skill.
A)True
B)False
25
As explained in “Children’s Biased Evaluations of Lucky Versus Unlucky People and Their Social Groups,” the shared “group markers” used in the authors’ study were:
A)similar hair colors.
B)similar words printed on T-shirts.
C)same-colored wristbands.
D)same-colored T-shirts.
26
As disclosed in “Children’s Biased Evaluations of Lucky Versus Unlucky People and Their Social Groups,” the responses from the participants in Study 1 were made on a six-point:
A)hands-up versus hands-down scale.
B)head-shaking versus head-nodding scale.
C)laughing-to-groaning scale.
D)smile-to-frown scale.
27
As reported in “Children’s Biased Evaluations of Lucky Versus Unlucky People and Their Social Groups,” it came as no surprise to the researchers when the children in Study 1 showed a preference for intentionally good peers over intentionally bad peers.
A)True
B)False
28
According to “Future Thinking in Young Children,” the term “tomorrow” is understood to refer to the future, but not necessarily the next day, by most:
A)12-month-olds.
B)18-month-olds.
C)2-year-olds.
D)3-year-olds.
29
As cited in “Future Thinking in Young Children,” Suddendorf and Busby in 2005 tested preschoolers’ ability to act in the present to avoid:
A)a future state of boredom.
B)an immediate negative consequence.
C)forgetfulness of a past occurrence or lesson.
D)being chosen last for an imminent participatory event.
30
As observed in “Future Thinking in Young Children,” children’s scripts for a future situation do not improve significantly with age, whereas their plans for the future situation do.
A)True
B)False
31
As defined in “When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?,” junior kindergarten, a sort of holding tank for kids too old for more preschool, is also known as:
A)post-pre-K.
B)quasi-K.
C)the interim.
D)transitional kindergarten.
32
As noted in “When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?,” fifteenth- and sixteenth-century German parents were told to send their children to school when the children:
A)learned the value of a dollar.
B)could articulate a desire for education.
C)started to act “rational.”
D)could recite 10 Bible verses.
33
As revealed in “When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?,” teachers now report that less than 24 percent of incoming kindergartners have difficulty handling the demands of school.
A)True
B)False
34
As reported in “A Neurobiological Perspective on Early Human Deprivation,” of the nearly 23,000 international adoptions that took place in the United States in 2004, the vast majority of the adopted children were from:
A)Western Europe and Africa.
B)Africa and Asia.
C)Eastern Europe and Asia.
D)Africa and Latin America.
35
As related in “A Neurobiological Perspective on Early Human Deprivation,” various researchers since the 1990s have identified an early-institutionalization syndrome that mimics:
A)muscular dystrophy.
B)savantism.
C)autism.
D)cerebral palsy.
36
As cited in “A Neurobiological Perspective on Early Human Deprivation,” Chugan et al. concluded in 2001 that connectivity between brain regions is negatively affected by early institutionalization.
A)True
B)False
37
As discussed in "Children's Capacity to Develop Resiliency," the children and families interviewed by the author:
A)showed identical sets of coping behaviors.
B)all had major, ongoing stressors in their lives.
C)exhibited high levels of school and work absenteeism.
D)largely lived in rural environments.
38
As pointed out in "Children's Capacity to Develop Resiliency," the Pygmalion effect occurs when:
A)shortcoming are turned into assets.
B)people are able to laugh at themselves.
C)motivation grows in a student because a teacher believes in and encourages him or her.
D)people find the good in themselves on their own.
39
As stated in "Children's Capacity to Develop Resiliency," the overwhelming majority of people labeled "at risk" as children never become successful adults.
A)True
B)False
40
As stated in “Emotions and the Development of Childhood Depression: Bridging the Gap,” the authors’ view is that difficulty in appropriately releasing from and resolving negative emotions is at the core of:
A)addiction.
B)retardation.
C)depression.
D)autism.
41
According to “Emotions and the Development of Childhood Depression: Bridging the Gap,” the rudiments of guilt, shame, embarrassment, and pride emerge in a child’s:
A)first weeks.
B)first year.
C)second year.
D)fourth year.
42
As asserted in “Emotions and the Development of Childhood Depression: Bridging the Gap,” nowadays the mental health problems of young children are usually recognized before they become severe and difficult to treat.
A)True
B)False
43
According to “Children’s Social and Moral Reasoning About Exclusion,” current research reveals that children’s moral reasoning reflects:
A)their current stage of development.
B)a hierarchy of considerations, beginning with self.
C)an individual template constructed at a young age.
D)a collection of various considerations.
44
As defined in “Children’s Social and Moral Reasoning About Exclusion,” “intergroup exclusion” refers to the exclusion of:
A)certain members within a homogenous group.
B)members of an “outsider” group, such as those of a different race or gender.
C)those who do not meet a group’s moral standards.
D)former friends when new friendships are developed.
45
As presented in “Children’s Social and Moral Reasoning About Exclusion,” children of various ages demonstrate similar moral reasoning until complexity is introduced into the situation.
A)True
B)False
46
Proactive aggression, as used in "A Profile of Bullying at School," is a type of bullying behavior that involves:
A)aggressive action in response to a taunt or an attempt at intimidation.
B)negative behaviors that are meant to forestall imagined violent acts in the future.
C)nonphysical acts of aggression.
D)an absence of provocation or threat on the part of the victim.
47
As listed in "A Profile of Bullying at School," all of the following factors are implicated in the origins of bullying behaviors except:
A)poor self-esteem and insecurity.
B)personality characteristics.
C)attitudes and behaviors of teachers.
D)physical strength or weakness.
48
Empirical research on bully/victim behaviors in schools indicates that most students who are victimized engage in turn in some form of bullying themselves, as shown in "A Profile of Bullying at School."
A)True
B)False
49
As noted in “When Girls and Boys Play,” by the time children reach school age, play typically becomes:
A)more complicated and less “fun.”
B)replaced by television.
C)a social activity.
D)secondary to school work.
50
As reported in “When Girls and Boys Play,” when trained college students used conflict-resolution strategies with children in grades 1–6 during recess, there was a significant reduction in targeted inappropriate behavior only among the:
A)first and second graders.
B)fifth and sixth graders.
C)girls.
D)boys.
51
As related in “When Girls and Boys Play,” Goodwin found in her 2001 research that in the natural course of playing their chosen games, boys are more likely to exclude others from their play than are girls.
A)True
B)False
52
Among the conclusions about girls and their social attitudes reached in "Girls Just Want to Be Mean" is that:
A)parents should adopt a blithe ignorance about the social groups of their children.
B)it is best not to micromanage children's social lives.
C)private schools are best for avoiding social cliques.
D)aggression among girls reflects poor parenting.
53
As noted in "Girls Just Want to Be Mean," Rachel Simmons' book maintains that girls:
A)are better friends to each other than boys.
B)do not deliberately hurt one another.
C)attack within friendship networks.
D)do not have genuine friendships.
54
As pointed out in "Girls Just Want to Be Mean," Rosalind Wiseman's sister has embraced her empowerment concept and uses it to order her own social life.
A)True
B)False
55
As defined in “The Role of Neurobiological Deficits in Childhood Antisocial Behavior,” the term that refers to the fact that “people who are on the receiving end of the behavior are disadvantaged by it, and that social norms and values are violated” is:
A)antisocial behavior.
B)asocial behavior.
C)dissocial behavior.
D)amoral behavior.
56
As cited in “The Role of Neurobiological Deficits in Childhood Antisocial Behavior,” Raine et al. found that low resting heart rate at age 3 predicted:
A)marked shyness at age 12.
B)relaxed confidence by age 9 or 10.
C)diagnosed autism by age 6.
D)aggressive behavior at age 11.
57
As noted in “The Role of Neurobiological Deficits in Childhood Antisocial Behavior,” most research has focused on identifying specific contextual factors that impinge on the developing child.
A)True
B)False
58
According to “Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents,” a major problem with early research that compared children of lesbian mothers and children of heterosexual mothers was that:
A)researchers tended to slant the results against the lesbian mothers.
B)the children of lesbian mothers had so many problems that they were difficult to study.
C)all the children studied had been born into a heterosexual family structure.
D)the studies proved of little value in divorce and child custody cases.
59
As explained in “Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents,” the Bay Area Families Study was one of the first studies to look at children who were:
A)born to or adopted early in life by lesbian mothers.
B)being raised by lesbian mothers in heterosexual relationships.
C)adopted by gay men.
D)gay or lesbian and being raised by heterosexual couples.
60
As stated in “Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents,” one of the problems with the Bay Area Families Study was that the study participants were self-selected.
A)True
B)False
61
As disclosed in “Evidence of Infants’ Internal Working Models of Attachment,” the authors’ study involved the measurement of attachment security in the lab using the:
A)Variable Cap-Stop.
B)Lorenz Method.
C)Strange Situation.
D)Skinner Box.
62
As described in “Evidence of Infants’ Internal Working Models of Attachment,” the mother and child viewed by the test infants were videos of:
A)a chimpanzee and her baby.
B)a human mother and infant.
C)two animated teddy bears, one large and one small.
D)two animated ellipses, one large and one small.
63
According to “Evidence of Infants’ Internal Working Models of Attachment,” a mixed analysis of variance with attachment status and outcome as variables revealed no differences between secure and insecure infants in the overall time they looked at the test displays.
A)True
B)False
64
As noted in “Children of Alcoholics,” the risk of developing alcoholism faced by COAs is best understood as predicted by:
A)genetic factors.
B)environmental factors.
C)an interplay of both genetic and environmental factors.
D)nothing: no reliable predictors exist.
65
As defined in “Children of Alcoholics,” executive functioning refers to the ability to:
A)adjust behavior to fit the demands of individual situations.
B)perform fine-motor movements.
C)manage others toward a common goal.
D)make decisions when presented with many options.
66
According to “Children of Alcoholics,” more than half of all children in the United States have been exposed to alcohol abuse or dependence in the family.
A)True
B)False
67
As observed in “Within-Family Differences in Parent–Child Relations Across the Life Course,” when studying children’s perceptions of PDT, scholars have increasingly used the:
A)Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience.
B)Psychoanalytic Study of the Child.
C)Biblical story of Israel favoring his last-born son Joseph.
D)novel Beach Music by Pat Conroy.
68
As claimed in “Within-Family Differences in Parent–Child Relations Across the Life Course,” favoritism is more common when parents experience marital problems and when children:
A)have a competitive relationship.
B)are close in age.
C)have serious health problems.
D)are of the same gender.
69
As analyzed in “Within-Family Differences in Parent–Child Relations Across the Life Course,” even across studies using subjects in the same structural position in the family and the same mode of data collection (e.g., interview), the measurement of PDT varies considerably.
A)True
B)False
70
As reported in “Adoption Is a Successful Natural Intervention Enhancing Adopted Children’s IQ and School Performance,” a 1973 study of Lebanese children, comparing the IQs of adopted orphans with non-adopted orphans, found that:
A)there were no significant differences in IQ between the two groups.
B)the adopted children scored within the “gifted” IQ range.
C)preschool programs were more influential than adoption on IQ scores.
D)the non-adopted children scored within the “mentally retarded” IQ range.
71
As presented in “Adoption Is a Successful Natural Intervention Enhancing Adopted Children’s IQ and School Performance,” a study done with black adopted children from educationally average birth families found that:
A)adoption cannot compensate for the disadvantages faced by certain ethnic populations.
B)IQ is malleable under rearing conditions that prepare a child to succeed.
C)no matter what their circumstances, the black children could not outperform their white peers.
D)IQ remains relatively fixed, no matter what the environmental circumstances.
72
As noted in “Adoption Is a Successful Natural Intervention Enhancing Adopted Children’s IQ and School Performance,” the age at which a child is adopted does not make a substantial difference in the influence of the adoptive experience.
A)True
B)False
73
As cited in “The Case Against Breast-Feeding,” Joan Wolf, a women’s-studies professor at Texas A&M University, chalks up the overzealous pro-breast-feeding ads to a new ethic of:
A)total motherhood.
B)back to nature.
C)home economy.
D)simplification.
74
As shared in “The Case Against Breast-Feeding,” the author has experienced what “the Babytalk story” calls breast-feeding-induced:
A)pseudo-inflammation.
B)mother-fear.
C)maternal nirvana.
D)parental equilibrium.
75
As disclosed in “The Case Against Breast-Feeding,” the study about obesity that the author saw in her pediatrician’s office found that the strongest predictor of a child’s weight is the mother’s weight.
A)True
B)False
76
According to “Goodbye to Girlhood,” experts are concerned that girls at younger and younger ages are being encouraged by marketers and media images to:
A)be sexy.
B)deny their sexuality.
C)hate their gender.
D)emulate boys.
77
As claimed in “Goodbye to Girlhood,” the average age that girls become concerned about looking good for others is:
A)7.
B)12.
C)18.
D)4.
78
As noted in “Goodbye to Girlhood,” young boys and girls are equally sexualized in current marketing campaigns and media messages.
A)True
B)False
79
As profiled in “Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith over Medicine,” 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wisconsin, died as a result of undiagnosed and untreated:
A)food allergies.
B)pneumonia.
C)leukemia.
D)juvenile diabetes.
80
As reported in “Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith over Medicine,” in the United States, criminal codes that provide some form of protection for practitioners of faith healing in cases of child neglect and other matters exist in:
A)only Wisconsin and Maine.
B)14 states.
C)30 states.
D)all 50 states.
81
According to “Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith over Medicine,” all but six states give social service authorities the right to go into homes and petition for the removal of children.
A)True
B)False
82
As explored in "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child?" the view of parenthood held by the Barì tribe of Venezuela is that:
A)more than one man can be the biological father of a child.
B)a child has one biological father but may have more than one social father.
C)all children hold all the adults in the community as their collective parents.
D)the child's primary father is designated by the mother, who chooses among her many lovers.
83
One implication of the Barì's family structures for U.S society, as depicted in "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child?" is that:
A)societies where women have greater sexual freedom may be more harmonious.
B)non-nuclear family structures may not be socially damaging.
C)it is critical that the state should play a role in governing sexual norms.
D)women's eventual economic equality with men is an evolutionary certainty.
84
Historic oppression by outsiders, as presented in "How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child?" may underpin the evolution of the Barì's family structure.
A)True
B)False
85
According to "Childhood for Sale," parents:
A)are unaware of the way advertising affects children.
B)should not have the primary responsibility of shielding children from media culture.
C)doubt Democrats' commitment on cultural issues.
D)believe that media culture reflects traditional American values.
86
As noted in "Childhood for Sale," psychological research concludes that children:
A)generally ignore advertising.
B)are fairly savvy media critics.
C)do not associate advertising icons with actual products.
D)are incapable of viewing advertising with skepticism.
87
As reported in "Childhood for Sale," Congress explicitly stripped the Federal Trade Commission of the power to regulate unfair advertising to children.
A)True
B)False
88
As reported in "Childhood's End," the children the author calls "night commuters":
A)have become killers.
B)are routinely brutalized by the people of Gulu.
C)are fleeing the Lord's Resistance Army.
D)have no hope.
89
As identified in "Childhood's End," the primary victims of the Lord's Resistance Army are:
A)Ugandan army officers.
B)Sudanese tribesmen.
C)the elderly.
D)the Acholi people.
90
As stated in "Childhood's End," Sudan is not a signatory of the treaty that established the International Criminal Court.
A)True
B)False
91
As expressed in “How to Win the Weight Battle,” the child-obesity crisis in the United States can be blamed on the American:
A)toxic environment.
B)family.
C)public-school system.
D)dream.
92
As revealed in “How to Win the Weight Battle,” in exemplification of the sort of problem facing many U.S. states, more than half the school districts have failed to implement the 20 minutes a day of physical activity that the state law requires in:
A)California.
B)Kentucky.
C)Minnesota.
D)Oklahoma.
93
As cited in “How to Win the Weight Battle,” Dianne Neumark-Sztainer’s research concludes that the weight-loss strategies effective for adults have the same effectiveness for adolescents.
A)True
B)False
94
As examined in “The Epidemic That Wasn’t,” cocaine is undoubtedly bad for the fetus, but experts say its effects are less severe than those of:
A)alcohol.
B)tobacco.
C)fatty foods.
D)aspirin.
95
As defined in “The Epidemic That Wasn’t,” the brain’s ability to set priorities and pay selective attention, enabling the child to focus on the task at hand, is known as:
A)executive function.
B)primary exposure.
C)neurodevelopmental metabolism.
D)point-in-time capacity.
96
As quoted in “The Epidemic That Wasn’t,” Dr. Deborah A. Frank says that cocaine use in pregnancy has been treated more as a health problem rather than the moral issue that it really is.
A)True
B)False
97
In discussing the autism epidemic, the authors of "Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic" contend that:
A)the situation is more serious in Canada than in the United States.
B)there is no way to be sure how many people are actually afflicted.
C)diagnostic criteria for the condition have narrowed.
D)there is no scientific evidence that there is a genuine epidemic.
98
In exploring public perceptions of autism, the authors of "Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic" point out that:
A)the public perception is based on scientific fact.
B)there has been a deliberately increased public awareness.
C)educational leaders characterize autism broadly to increase its public profile.
D)public awareness of the condition has decreased.
99
As noted in "Three Reasons Not to Believe in an Autism Epidemic," estimates of the prevalence of autism prior to 1980 were based on individual clinicians' and researchers' conceptions.
A)True
B)False
100
As mentioned in “Getting Back to the Great Outdoors,” the argument that humans have an innate affinity for the natural world is central to biologist Edward O. Wilson’s theory of:
A)forest-fondness.
B)enviro-attraction.
C)the inner outdoors.
D)biophilia.
101
As reported in “Getting Back to the Great Outdoors,” sociologist Sandra Hofferth conducted a study showing that between 1997 and 2003, the amount of time children ages 9 to 12 spent in outdoor activities such as hiking, horseback riding, fishing, camping, and gardening declined by:
A)5 percent.
B)18 percent.
C)30 percent.
D)50 percent.
102
As suggested in “Getting Back to the Great Outdoors,” children who have not developed a connection to the natural world will most likely not have much affiliation with or concern for Mother Nature when they are adults.
A)True
B)False
103
According to “What Causes Specific Language Impairment in Children?,” language development in children is:
A)a slow and tedious process for all children.
B)delayed in those children exposed to impoverished language input from adults.
C)difficult for those children with visual impairments.
D)an amazingly easy and robust process, even for children with other problems.
104
As explained in “What Causes Specific Language Impairment in Children?,” children with specific language impairment (SLI) have:
A)serious developmental problems in many areas.
B)major problems in learning to talk, despite normal development in all other areas.
C)a history of abuse or neglect.
D)the ability to understand language, but not to speak it.
105
As noted in “What Causes Specific Language Impairment in Children?,” studies with twins have uncovered one specific cause of SLI in children.
A)True
B)False
106
As defined in “Treatment and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disasters and Terrorism: What Is the Evidence?,” the short-term recovery phase covers:
A)the event through the first few weeks post-disaster.
B)the first few weeks post-disaster through the first year.
C)the immediate time of the crisis, usually four or five days.
D)as long it takes the victims to move on to the long-term recovery phase.
107
As pointed out in “Treatment and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disasters and Terrorism: What Is the Evidence?,” mental-health workers and disaster responders typically deliver CISD in:
A)hospitals or other medical facilities.
B)the homes of the victims.
C)field settings, such as community shelters.
D)ambulances or other emergency vehicles.
108
As noted in “Treatment and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disasters and Terrorism: What Is the Evidence?,” at present, there is no evidence that psychological interventions delivered in the immediate aftermath of disasters and terrorist events are effective for reducing short- or long-term distress.
A)True
B)False





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