SLP 364 Final Exam Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER consists of the values, traditions, worldview, and
social and political relationships. It is created, shared and transformed by a group of people
bound together by common history, geographic location, language, social class, religion, or
other shared identity.
Equity - CORRECT ANSWER each individual is being given what they need
specifically to have the same access as those around them (the children are given different
size supports so they all have the same view of the game)
Equality - CORRECT ANSWER everyone is given the exact same thing no matter the
circumstances (the people looking over the fence given the same size box to look over even
though that didn't actually work.)
Grit - CORRECT ANSWER someone's ability to push through something
Coleman Report - CORRECT ANSWER research by James Coleman (1966) suggested
that "individual achievement is, in fact much more highly correlated with family SES than
with school characteristics" - if this is true, your family background and environment carry
more "weight" on your success, than the school you attend
Socialism - CORRECT ANSWER common or public ownership of resources and
means of production leads to a more equal society.
Self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER an expectation that causes you to act
in ways that make that expectation come true.
Pygmalion effect - CORRECT ANSWER the phenomenon whereby higher
expectations lead to an increase in performance and vice a versa low expectations lead to a
decrease in performance.
, Rosenthal effect - CORRECT ANSWER similar to the Pygmalion effect, but in reverse
- teachers treat students differently based on their own expectations of how students will
perform - you get what you expect from someone
Trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER based on your self-reporting and understanding
what skills you're better at - research says that is an accurate report - self-estimation
Ability approach - CORRECT ANSWER giving someone an actual test with right or
wrong answers and there is a score - harder to know if the person is not a good test-taker
Immigrate - CORRECT ANSWER is a verb that describes someone moving into a
different location to live there (immigrate = into)
Emigrate - CORRECT ANSWER is a verb that is used to describe someone who is
leaving a region, such as his native country, to live somewhere else (emigrate = exit)
Indian removal act - CORRECT ANSWER 1830 - state governments authorized taking
land from the native Americans
Multicultural education - CORRECT ANSWER by definition it is inclusive - about all
people, for all people - regardless of what religion they choose to practice
Plyler vs. Doe - CORRECT ANSWER states cannot constitutionally deny students free
public education on account of their immigration status
Four reasons why schools avoid talking about religion - CORRECT ANSWER Reason
1: fear of controversy - risk averse, avoid lawsuits and community conflict
Reason 2: minority religions and nonbelievers - afraid of majority religion taking over again,
may feel left out
Reason 3: wary of academic approach - belittle/look down on their deeply held beliefs
Reason 4: teachers are not trained about religion
CORRECT Answers
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER consists of the values, traditions, worldview, and
social and political relationships. It is created, shared and transformed by a group of people
bound together by common history, geographic location, language, social class, religion, or
other shared identity.
Equity - CORRECT ANSWER each individual is being given what they need
specifically to have the same access as those around them (the children are given different
size supports so they all have the same view of the game)
Equality - CORRECT ANSWER everyone is given the exact same thing no matter the
circumstances (the people looking over the fence given the same size box to look over even
though that didn't actually work.)
Grit - CORRECT ANSWER someone's ability to push through something
Coleman Report - CORRECT ANSWER research by James Coleman (1966) suggested
that "individual achievement is, in fact much more highly correlated with family SES than
with school characteristics" - if this is true, your family background and environment carry
more "weight" on your success, than the school you attend
Socialism - CORRECT ANSWER common or public ownership of resources and
means of production leads to a more equal society.
Self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER an expectation that causes you to act
in ways that make that expectation come true.
Pygmalion effect - CORRECT ANSWER the phenomenon whereby higher
expectations lead to an increase in performance and vice a versa low expectations lead to a
decrease in performance.
, Rosenthal effect - CORRECT ANSWER similar to the Pygmalion effect, but in reverse
- teachers treat students differently based on their own expectations of how students will
perform - you get what you expect from someone
Trait approach - CORRECT ANSWER based on your self-reporting and understanding
what skills you're better at - research says that is an accurate report - self-estimation
Ability approach - CORRECT ANSWER giving someone an actual test with right or
wrong answers and there is a score - harder to know if the person is not a good test-taker
Immigrate - CORRECT ANSWER is a verb that describes someone moving into a
different location to live there (immigrate = into)
Emigrate - CORRECT ANSWER is a verb that is used to describe someone who is
leaving a region, such as his native country, to live somewhere else (emigrate = exit)
Indian removal act - CORRECT ANSWER 1830 - state governments authorized taking
land from the native Americans
Multicultural education - CORRECT ANSWER by definition it is inclusive - about all
people, for all people - regardless of what religion they choose to practice
Plyler vs. Doe - CORRECT ANSWER states cannot constitutionally deny students free
public education on account of their immigration status
Four reasons why schools avoid talking about religion - CORRECT ANSWER Reason
1: fear of controversy - risk averse, avoid lawsuits and community conflict
Reason 2: minority religions and nonbelievers - afraid of majority religion taking over again,
may feel left out
Reason 3: wary of academic approach - belittle/look down on their deeply held beliefs
Reason 4: teachers are not trained about religion
