1.

It is the executive aspect of the individual educational plan which includes one goal from
goals of educational plan
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
2. the ability of the organs of the body to carry out the functions of advanced simple
comparison, which was carried out during a previous period of time, this development is
considered normal if it is consistent with the age level of the child, otherwise it is considered
to be delayed.
a. Development delay
b. Adaptation
c. Growth
d. Content Enhancement
3. Is an intervention in the form of educational services, medical, psychological and social
progress in early childhood or before the child entered school for children who suffer from
problems or delays on their peers, children who are expected to be exposed to the problems
on the future, and can be provided through the hospital or home or specialized centers and
mass Media institutions can play a major role in this subject.
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
4. Individual Educational Plan includes the following aspects:
a. General parameters
b. Initial assessment
c. General observation
d. all of the above
5. Causes of behavior according to the Psychoanalytic/dynamic approach
a. Genes, hormones, physiology, brain, body.
b. S/R responses, reinforcement/punishment.
c. Self-concept, self-esteem.
d. Unconscious mind, trauma.
e. Personal thoughts, thinking patterns, brain processes, neural networks.
6. Causes of behavior according to the Biopsychosocial model approach
a. Natural selection.
b. S/R responses, reinforcement/punishment.
c. Differences in cultural background.
d. Aims to understand behavior through multiple schools of thought.
e. Sensory/Perception processing.
7. A hypothesis is a(n):
a. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.
b. testable prediction that gives direction to research..
c. set of principles that organizes and explains newly discovered facts.
d. unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning.
e. standard deviations.
8. it is a case of inability of an individual with a disability to achieve useful interaction with the
social environment or the natural environment surrounding him, just like other members of
society of the same age and sex.
a. Handicap
 b. Defect
c. Impairment
d. Deficit
9. Special Education programs based on a number of strategies, including:
a. Coordination.
b. Professional.
c. Realism.
d. Responsibility.
e. all of the above
10. Individual Educational Plan includes the following aspects:
a. General parameters
b. The findings of the initial assessment members
c. General observation
d. all of the above
11. Areas of development in children are:
a. Physical well-being and (gross and fine) motor development.
b. Social and emotional development.
c. Approaches toward learning.
d. Cognition and general knowledge.
e. all of the above
12. In a psychological experiment, the factor that is manipulated by the investigator is called the
________ variable.
a. dependent
b. independent
c. control
d. experimental
13. Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:
a. Conscious and unconscious mental activity.
b. Maladaptive and adaptive behaviors.
c. Observable responses to the environment.
d. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions.
e. Behavior and mental processes.
14. Is the program and activities that help children with physically disabilities to be able to self-
reliance in the performance of fine motor skills and daily living skills, play and school
activities.
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
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15. Goal of psychology is:
a. to predict behavior. written
b. to Control behavior.
c. to describe behavior.
d. to explain (understanding) behavior.
e. All of the above are true.
16. Purpose of Special Education:
a. Preparation of educational programs for each category of special needs
b. Preparation appropriate teaching methods for each category of special needs, according to individual
educational plan
c. Identify of exceptional children through the appropriate tools of measurement and diagnosis for each
category of special education
 d. Preparation of teaching materials by using modern technologies in the education of people with special
needs
e. all of the above

17. Which of the following scientific procedures is most useful for helping researchers avoid
false generalizations?
a. the case study
b. naturalistic observation
c. random sampling
d. operational definitions
18. Causes of behavior according to the Cognitive approach
a. Self-concept, self-esteem.
b. Genes, hormones, physiology, brain, body.
c. Personal thoughts, thinking patterns, brain processes, neural networks.
d. S/R responses, reinforcement/punishment
e. Unconscious mind, trauma.
19. can help children with various needs improve their cognitive, physical and motor skills and
enhance their self-esteem and sense of accomplishment.
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
20. Special Education has been based on groups of the foundations:
a. The foundation of Religious and moral basis.
b. The Legal basis.
c. Economic foundation.
d. all of the above
21. Special Education programs based on a number of strategies, including:
a. Comprehensiveness of services.
b. Freedom from obstruction.
c. Decentralization.
d. Integration.
e. all of the above
22. The care of groups with special needs passed through the history with different stages of care
and attention that can be summarized as follows:
a. The stage of Rejection and Isolation.
b. The Stage of Institutional care.
c. The stage of Inclusion (Integration) phase.
d. The stage of Rehabilitation and training.
e. all of the above
23. Individual Educational Plan includes the following aspects:
a. General parameters
b. The findings of the initial assessment members
c. Individual educational goals
d. all of the above
24. Is an increase in the number of cells of the body; depending on their size and their places in
the human body, and delayed growth is a decline in the rate of cell growth and increase the
number and size for different reasons.
a. Development delay
b. Adaptation
c. Growth
 d. Content Enhancement
25. set of specialized educational programs that are provided for groups with special needs, in
order to help them develop their abilities to maximum possible extent, self-fulfillment and to
help them be in synch with themselves and with the environment, social and physical
environment in which they live.
a. General Education
b. Special education
c. Intensive education
d. Progressive education
26. A written, legal, document that specifies the student’s short and long term educational goals,
learning environments, and related services
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
27. The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution is the:
a. mean.
b. range
c. median.
d. standard deviation.
e. percentile rank.
28. The biases and errors of people's everyday judgments illustrate the need for:
a. critical thinkin
b. curious skepticism.
c. open-minded humility
d. all of the above.
29. Signs and Symptoms of Development delay:
a. Low academic achievement.
b. Loss of appetite.
c. Inconsistencies Age with thinking and behavior.
d. Sleep disturbance.
e. all of the above
30. The scientific practice of formulating testable hypotheses before conducting research is
most likely to reduce:
a. the placebo effect.
b. the hindsight bias.
c. the false consensus effect.
d. random assignment.
e. random sampling.
31. Signs and Symptoms of Development delay:
a. Low academic achievement.
b. Inconsistency the age with weight.
c. Inconsistencies Age with thinking and behavior.
d. Inability to integrate with the same age in the same.
e. all of the above
32. Who suggested that the mind at birth is but a "tabula rasa" upon which experience writes?
a. John Locke.
b. Plato.
c. Charles Darwin.
d. Rene Descartes.
33. Signs and Symptoms of Development delay:
 a. Low academic achievement.
b. Loss of appetite.
c. Inconsistencies Age with thinking and behavior.
d. Inability to integrate with the same age in the same.
e. all of the above
34. Which of the following disciplines had the greatest influence on the way Wundt, Pavlov,
Freud, and Piaget approached the study of psychology?
a. Political science.
b. Sociology.
c. Biology.
d. Chemistry.
35. Areas of development in children are:
a. Physical well-being and (gross and fine) motor development.
b. Social and emotional development.
c. Approaches toward learning.
d. Language development.
e. all of the above
36. Causes of behavior according to Evolutionary approach
a. Aims to understand behavior through multiple schools of thought.
b. Sensory/Perception processing.
c. Natural selection.
d. S/R responses, reinforcement/punishment
e. Differences in cultural background.
37. focuses on helping people achieve independence in all areas of their lives.
a. Individual Educational Plan
b. Individual Instructional Plan
c. Occupational Therapy
d. Early Intervention
38. Which psychological perspective emphasizes the interaction of the brain and body in
behavior?
a. Behavior genetics perspective.
b. Cognitive perspective.
c. Neuroscience perspective.
d. Evolutionary perspective.
e. Behavioral perspective.
39. In order to compare the pace of life in different countries, Levine and Norenzayan measured
the speed with which postal clerks completed a simple request. This best illustrates the use
of a research method known as:
a. the case study.
b. naturalistic observation.
c. random assignment
d. the double-blind procedure.
e. the survey.
40. Means the limited capacity of the child to engage in any activity as a result of increasing
vulnerability with picture that causes, or deficiencies in the performance of physiological
defective. Device (organ (works, but needs help and cannot be indispensable.
a. Handicap
b. Defect
c. Impairment
d. Deficit
41. The first psychology laboratory was established by ________ in the year ________.
 a. James; 1890.
b. Watson; 1913
c. Wundt; 1879.
d. Freud; 1900.
42. The double-blind procedure is most helpful for minimizing:
a. random assignment.
b. the placebo effect.
c. replication.
d. operational definitions.
e. standard deviations.
43. Psychologists study animals because:
a. animal behavior is just as complex as human behavior.
b. experiments on people are generally considered to be unethical.
c. the ethical treatment of animals is not mandated by professional guidelines.
d. similar processes often underlie animal and human behavior.
44. a group of reactions that modify individual behavior, or psychological actions or constructive
that response to the conditions or changes surrounding him.
a. Development delay
b. Adaptation
c. Growth
d. Content Enhancement
45. Means a medical problem due to two reasons:
1.Shortage and inadequacy;

2.Defect determines the type of disability.

a. Handicap
b. Defect
c. Impairment
d. Deficit
46. Which research method provides the best way of assessing whether cigarette smoking
boosts mental alertness?
a. the case study
b. the survey
c. naturalistic observation
d. the experiment
47. As a matter of appropriate usage, generally used to mean a physiological abnormality or
deficiency.
a. Handicap
b. Defect
c. Impairment
d. Deficit
48. Individual Instructional Plan consists of the followings:
a. General information
b. Sub educational goals
c. Identify the necessary tools
d. all of the above
49. Signs and Symptoms of Development delay:
a. Weight loss.
b. General weakness.
c. Rapid fatigue.
 d. Pallor.
e. all of the above
50. Purpose of Special Education:
a. Preparation of educational programs for each category of special needs
b. Preparation appropriate teaching methods for each category of special needs, according to individual
educational plan
c. Identify of exceptional children through the appropriate tools of measurement and diagnosis for each
category of special education
d. Preparation of prevention programs in order to reduce the incidence of disability as much as possible
e. all of the above
51. Down Syndrome was first described by British doctor Langdon Down in 1866. However, it was
not until 1959 that French geneticist Jerome Lejeune first reported that individuals with Down
Syndrome almost always possess an extra chromosome in which pair?
a. Pair 22
b. Pair 23
c. Pair 21
d. Pair 24
52. The main neurological birth syndrome caused by anoxia is:
a. Cerebral palsy
b. Down Syndrome
c. Fragile X syndrome
d. Cerebral Vascular accident
53. Down Syndrome can be identified pre-natally in high-risk parents by using a procedure
known as:
a. Amnioprolaxis
b. Amniophalaxi
c. Amniocentesis
d. Amniocalesis
54. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by a deficiency in which of the following liver enzymes?
a. Phenylalanine 4- hydroxylase
b. Meanlinine 5- hydroxylase
c. Ketonaline 2- hydroxylase
d. Prolactin 3- hydroxylase
55. People with mental retardation cannot work when they are old.
a. true
b. false
56. Down syndrome has degrees, and among those who suffer from this condition are people
with slight mental retardation.
a. true
b. false
57. Metabolic disorders occur when the body’s ability to produce or break down chemicals is
impaired. There are many different types of metabolic disorders and many can affect
intellectual ability. Such disorders are often caused by genetic factors, and may be carried
by:
a. A dominant gene
b. A recessive gene
c. An X chromosome
d. A Y chromosome
58. The state of mental retardation is only determined by the IQ test.
a. true
 b. false
59. DSM-IV-TR divides intellectual disabilities into a number of degrees of severity, depending
primarily on the range of IQ score provided by the sufferer. One of these is Mild Mental
Retardation, represented by an IQ score between:
a. 50-55 to 70
b. 60-65 to 80
c. 40-55 to 60
d. 70-75 to 90
60. The level of mental function does not necessarily remain stable, particularly for those in the
mild classification.
a. true
b. false
61. People with Down syndrome have the worst mental retardation.
a. true
b. false
62. An IQ range of 20-35 would indicate what degree of retardation?
a. Mild
b. Moderate
c. Severe
d. Profound
63. Children classified as moderately handicapped (once called Trainable) require a radically
different curriculum from that appropriate for children classified as mildly handicapped
(once called educable).
a. true
b. false
64. Another important chromosomal abnormality that causes intellectual disability is known as
fragile X syndrome. This is where the X chromosome appears to show physical weaknesses
and may be bent or broken. Fragile X syndrome occurs in approximately what percentage if
all births?
a. 1.5-2.5%
b. 3.05-4.07%
c. 7.4-8.6%
d. 0.08-0.04%
65. The majority of individuals with Down Syndrome have moderate to severe intellectual
impairment with a measurable IQ usually between:
a. A.35-55.
b. B.45-50
c. C..55-60
d. D.25-35
66. If a person achieves a low score on IQ test, this means that his or her adaptive skills are also
sure to be subnormal.
a. true
b. false
67. Once diagnosed as mentally handicapped, a person remains within this classification for the
rest of his or her life.
a. true
b. false
68. Maternal diet is a factor that can give rise to congenital disorders, for example iodine
deficiency can give rise to a condition known as:
a. Cretinism
 b. Down Syndrome
c. Dwarfism
d. Prada Willi syndrome
69. The handicapped go through different learning stages compared to normal Individuals.
a. true
b. false
70. The IQ test should not only be used to identify any mental retardation, but it should be
accompanied by an adaptive behavior test
a. true
b. false
71. Intelligence Quotient of the mentally retarded children ranges between
a. 30-75
b. 55-75
c. 75-85
d. 30-55
72. Most mentally handicapped children look different from non-handicapped children.
a. true
b. false
73. Mental Retardation refers to a specific diagnostic category of disorder in DSM-IV-TR, and this
is defined as significantly below average intellectual functioning characterized by an IQ of:
a. 70 or below
b. 60 or below
c. 50 or below
d. 40 or below
74. Sometimes the reason is not clear and certain, especially in cases of simple mental
retardation.
a. true
b. false
75. Intellectual disabilities are defined primarily by which of the following criteria?:
a. Significantly below average intellectual functioning
b. Impairments in adaptive functioning generally
c. These deficits should be manifest before the age of 18-years
d. All of the above
76. DSM-IV-TR still refers to the major form of intellectual disability as Mental Retardation,
although this term is now considered too stigmatizing, and does not convey the fact that
individuals with intellectual disabilities can often learn a range of skills and abilities given
appropriate education and opportunity. Which of the following is frequently used to cover
both disorders of intellectual ability and more specific learning disabilities
a. Intellectual disability
b. Learning disability
c. Children with special educational needs
d. All of the above
77. We can always pinpoint the cause of mental retardation.
a. true
b. false
78. Which of the following is an impairment known to be associated with fragile X syndrome?
a. Language impairment
b. Behavioural problems
c. Moderate levels of intellectual disability
d. All of the above
79. In most cases the cause of handicap can be identified.
a. true
b. false
80. Most mental handicap can be diagnosed in infancy.
a. true
b. false
81. Is the study of the brain, mental processes, observable behavior, human and animal

development, and social interactions

- Psychology

82. As a matter of appropriate usage, generally used to mean a physiological

abnormality or deficiency.
- Impairment

83. Aims to explain a broad set of phenomena

- Theory

84. Is an increase in the number of cells of the body

- Growth

85. Is the large set of individuals from which a sample was taken
- Population

86. Means that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected
- Random Selection

87. Had the greatest influence on the way Wundt, Pavlov, Freud, and Piaget approached

the study of psychology

- Biology

88. It is an extra X in males, and slightly effects on their mental development and some
of the difficulties in learning
- Klinefelter syndrome

89. Interpersonal skills, responsibility, self-esteem, following rules, obeying laws,

avoiding victimization
- Social skills

90. The distance between the highest and the lowest score in a distribution
- The Range

91. Results from defect in the seventh pair of chromosomes

- Williams syndrome

92. Receptive and expressive language, reading and writing, financial concepts, and

self-direction
- Conceptual skills

93. The main neurological birth syndrome caused by anoxia

- Cerebral palsy

94. Is a single gene disorder located on the x-chromosomal and is the leading inherited
cause of mental retardation
- Fragile X syndrome

95. Result from the presence of dye in the extra pair of chromosome pigment of 21

shall be the number of 47 chromosome instead of 46, one of the most cases diagnosed

at birth, and can be diagnosed before birth

- Down syndrome

96. Is a general mental ability which requires to reasoning, planning and problem

solving, abstract, thinking, understanding of complex ideas

- Intelligence

97. When the mother takes alcohol during pregnancy, amounts of alcohol will pass to

the fetus and easily across the placental barrier

- Fetal alcohol syndrome

98. Factors which occur during pregnancy period

- Prenatal factors

99. Is a disability that occurs before the age of 18, it is characterized by significant

limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior

- Intellectual disability

100. is the collection of conceptual, social and practical skills that have been learned by

people in order to function in their everyday lives

- Adaptive behavio

101. scientific study that aims to solve practical problems.

Applied research

102. pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base.
Basic research

103. the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior
without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but
not with (2).
Behaviorism
104. an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social -cultural
levels of analysis.
Biopsychosocial approach

105. an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing
universal principles.
Case study

106. a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological
disorders.
Clinical psychology

107. the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception,
thinking, memory, and language).
Cognitive neuroscience

108. in an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment: contrasts with the
experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.
Control group

109. a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either
factor predicts the other.
Correlation

110. a statistical index of the relationship between two things (from -1 to +1).
Correlation coefficient

111. a branch of psychology that assists people with problems in living (often related to
school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being.
Counseling psychology

112. thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines
assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions.
Critical thinking

113. the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people and
transmitted from one generation to the next.
Culture

114. an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff
are ignorant (blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a
placebo. Commonly used in drug-evaluation studies.
Double-blind procedure

115. a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors

(independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the
dependent variable). By random assignment of participants, the experimenter aims to
control other relevant factors.
Experiment

116. in an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the
independent variable.
Experimental group

117. a school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes
function-how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
Functionalism

118. historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy
people and the individual's potential for personal growth.
Humanistic psychology

119. a testable prediction, often implied by a theory.

Hypothesis

120. the differing complementary views, from binlogical to psychological to social -cultural, for
analyzing any given phenomenon.
Levels of analysis

121. the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to
reproduction and sarvival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations.
Natural selection

122. observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to
manipulate and control the situation.
Naturalistic observation

123. the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience
make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today's science sees traits
and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture.
Nature-nurture issue

124. a statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables. For
example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test
measures.
Operational definition

125. experimental results caused by expectations alone: any effect on behavior caused by the
administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active
agent.
Placebo effect

126. all the cases in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn. (Note: Except
for national studies, this does not refer to a country's whole population.)
Population
127. a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders: practiced by physicians who
sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy.
Psychiatry

128. assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing
preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups.
Random assignment

129. a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance
of inclusion.
Random sample

130. repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different
situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances.
Replication

131. a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope
of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables. The
amount of scatter suggests the strength of the correlation (little scatter indicates high
correlation)
Scatterplots

132. a study method incorporating five steps: Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review.
SQ3R

133. a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance.
Statistical significance

134. an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements
of the human mind.
Structuralism

135. a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group,
usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.
Survey

136. an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and
predicts behaviors or events.
Theory