Question 1

Catching a ball requires the use of fine motor skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which word best describes the thinking of a concrete operational child, compared with the thinking of a child in an earlier cognitive stage?

Accepted Answer

A)   rigid
B)   flexible
C)   abstract
D)   egocentricE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following does NOT increase as a result of greater coordination and agility during the middle childhood years?

Accepted Answer

A)   practice in using physical skills
B)   myelination of motor pathways
C)   muscle strength
D)   reaction timeE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Beginning around age 11, boys develop relatively more muscle than girls.At about the same age, what do girls develop relatively more of compared with boys?

Accepted Answer

A)   height
B)   weight
C)   muscle
D)   fatty tissueE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

How does selective attention change during middle childhood?

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Children during middle childhood develop...

Question 6

How many words comprise a typical child's vocabulary by age 6?

Accepted Answer

A)   100 words
B)   1,000 words
C)   10,000 words
D)   100,000 wordsE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

What are the patterns of obesity during middle childhood?

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Obesity is defined as a weight in excess...

Question 8

Children in the middle years have less trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is a common outcome of being obese during adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)   aggressive behaviour
B)   high social competence
C)   high academic achievement
D)   being considered less attractiveE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

What is the pace of height and weight changes during middle childhood?

Accepted Answer

A)   They slow down.
B)   They are fairly steady.
C)   They undergo a dramatic growth spurt.
D)   They are rapid for girls, but slow and steady for boys.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

According to Piaget, at what age will most children enter the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A)   usually by age 2
B)   between the ages of 4 and 6
C)   by age 7
D)   by age 12E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

Sarah is being taught to read by associating written letters and letter combinations with the sounds they indicate.Which reading method is Sarah learning?

Accepted Answer

A)   the phonetic method
B)   the word recognition method
C)   the sounding method
D)   semantic recognition methodE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Which ability is required by transitivity?

Accepted Answer

A)   focusing on multiple parts of a problem
B)   feeling empathy
C)   thinking with abstract concepts
D)   comparing all items in a set to all other itemsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following theorists considered the existential aspect of intelligence??

Accepted Answer

A)   Lewis Terman
B)   Howard Gardner
C)   Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon
D)   Robert SternbergE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Which of the following is a characteristic of learning disabilities?

Accepted Answer

A)   They tend to disappear as children reach adulthood.
B)   They affect less than 1% of the childhood population.
C)   They are more common in girls than in boys.
D)   They can exist in spite of a child having an average IQ.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

MATCHING
-Concrete operational reasoning

Accepted Answer

A)  divergent thinking
B)  bodily/kinesthetic intelligence
C)  sedentary activity
D)  steady
E)  word-recognition methodF) knowledge and control of cognitive abilitiesG) reaction timeH) Down syndromeI) a "good-boy/good-girl orientation"J) ADHDK) fine motor skillsL) Wechsler scaleM) originated in the early 1900s as a testing toolN) mental ageO) Decentration and conservationP) predominantly learnedQ) views intelligence as three-prongedR) girlsS) dyslexiaT) stimulantU) B) and L)
V) G) and I)

Question 17

Zack's parents have been told that their son has ADHD.What treatment option is Zack's doctor most likely to recommend?

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive methods
B)   family therapy
C)   stimulants such as Ritalin
D)   antidepressant medicationsE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following best exemplifies "bodily-kinesthetic" intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)   dancing
B)   piano playing
C)   the ability to relate to others
D)   awareness of one's internal selfE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Which of the following best represents Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intelligence is gained entirely through experience.
B)   People who are intelligent in one area will be intelligent in other areas.
C)   People who are intelligent in one area may be less intelligent in other areas.
D)   Intelligence can be measured only by traditional IQ tests, such as the Binet-Simon.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following is a characteristic of the information in long-term memory?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is semantic in nature.
B)   It is encoded acoustically.
C)   It may be retained for a lifetime.
D)   It is encoded in visual forms only.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 9: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Which of the following is a characteristic of the information in long-term memory?

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MATCHING -Concrete operational reasoning

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Which ability is required by transitivity?

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Which of the following best represents Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?

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Which of the following does NOT increase as a result of greater coordination and agility during the middle childhood years?

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Catching a ball requires the use of fine motor skills.

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Which of the following is a common outcome of being obese during adolescence?

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How many words comprise a typical child's vocabulary by age 6?

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Which word best describes the thinking of a concrete operational child, compared with the thinking of a child in an earlier cognitive stage?

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How does selective attention change during middle childhood?

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What is the pace of height and weight changes during middle childhood?

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What are the patterns of obesity during middle childhood?

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Beginning around age 11, boys develop relatively more muscle than girls.At about the same age, what do girls develop relatively more of compared with boys?

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Which of the following is a characteristic of learning disabilities?

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Children in the middle years have less trouble understanding passive sentences than preschoolers.

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According to Piaget, at what age will most children enter the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?

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Which of the following best exemplifies "bodily-kinesthetic" intelligence?

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Sarah is being taught to read by associating written letters and letter combinations with the sounds they indicate.Which reading method is Sarah learning?

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Zack's parents have been told that their son has ADHD.What treatment option is Zack's doctor most likely to recommend?

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Which of the following theorists considered the existential aspect of intelligence??

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