Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

All of the following are characteristic of the thought processes of middle childhood, according to Piaget, EXCEPT:

What causes the difference in motor abilities of boys and girls?

The fact that some monozygotic twins are not a similar size is support for the basic concept that height is not a heritable trait.

What is the conservation of number?

Boys are more likely to be faster at running and better at throwing and catching than girls because:

When Liberian children who had never been to school were asked to recall items that were grouped in a meaningful way, they performed at the same level as U.S. children.

Young children's eye movements were found to be haphazard, whereas older children systematically scanned pictures when asked to identify whether pictures of two houses were different or identical. These behaviors are thought to reflect what processes?

When Stan correctly solves Piaget's conservation task and explains "If you pour it back, you'll see that it's the same," he is demonstrating an understanding of:

The mental operation called compensation refers to the realization that:

Traits like intelligence that are shaped by several or many genes acting in combination in a given set of environmental conditions are called:

Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence focuses on:

Which of the following is NOT associated with the frontal lobes of the cortex?

The Ngoni of Malawi expect boys around age 6 to:

What is an operation, according to Piaget?

Young children have a short memory span because:

_____ is derived from tests involving tasks that require reasoning but not prior knowledge.

In Europe and North America, intelligence is defined mainly in:

All of the following are types of intelligences that are part of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences EXCEPT:

Maynard and Greenfield found that in a Zinacantec Mayan community in Mexico that backstrap looms were used by girls typically starting at ages:

Nori and Maria are cousins who are 10 years old. Although Nori's parents are originally from Guatemala, she has been raised in the United States. Her cousin Maria has been raised in Guatemala. Based on Bogin's study with Mayan families, what is likely to be the physical growth of the girls?