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121) Boys with dyslexia are more likely than girls to exhibit ________, and so are more likely to be referred for evaluation. A) mathematical problems B) disruptive behaviour C) anxiety D) depression 122) The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada’s definition of learning disabilities includes all of the following features EXCEPT _________. A) global intellectual deficiency B) impairments in processes related to remembering C) language processing D) executive functioning impairments 123) The _________ nature of speech and reading may be central to the cause of learning disorders. A) abstract B) rapid C) decoding D) fluid 124) Which of the following is NOT true of children with learning disorders? A) Many of them have problems in visual or auditory perception. B) Many of them lack the capacity to copy words or remember geometric shapes. C) Many of them have short attention spans or suffer from hyperactivity. D) Many of them find that their disabilities improve or disappear as they mature into adolescence and adulthood. 125) Researchers have found that the concordance rate for dyslexia among identical twins is approximately ________ %. A) 30 B) 50 C) 70 D) 90 126) There is evidence of impaired visual processing in people with dyslexia that would be consistent with a defect in a major visual relay station in the brain involved in sequencing the flow of visual information from the retina to the _____cortex. A) factual B) prefrontal C) visual D) neo 127) For a child with a learning disorder, once a(n) ________is in place, intervention can be accomplished through language re-education, a variety of mixed-ability teaching methods, and academic accommodations such as alternate learning and testing methods. A) individual education plan B) behavioural education plan C) linguistic analysis D) cognitive analysis 128) Each of the following is listed among the categories of attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders EXCEPT ________ disorder. A) communication B) oppositional defiant C) attention-deficit/hyperactivity D) conduct 129) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is divided into ________ subtypes. A) two B) three C) four D) five 130) Each of the following is a subtype of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder EXCEPT ________. A) a predominantly inattentive type B) a predominantly impulsive type C) a type that is neither predominantly inattentive nor impulsive D) a type that is both inattentive and impulsive