Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

On average, African-American schoolchildren in the United States score _____ IQ points lower on standardized intelligence tests than non-Latino white American schoolchildren do. That gap _____ in college.

One in every _____ children in the United States develops a disease characterized by the uncontrolled, detrimental increase of abnormal cells before the age of 19.

Which of the following individuals is likely to fall into the category of profound intellectual disability?

While cancer rates have _____ in recent years, children with cancer are:

Garrett's teacher asked his class to write down every response they could think of to the question, "What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?" This kind of exercise fosters _____ thinking.

The learning disability that involves difficulty in handwriting such that children write slowly, illegibly, and with many spelling errors.

Rajim is trying to put together a puzzle without knowing what the picture is. At first he thought it was a horse, but the puzzle pieces didn't fit. His first attempts were not very successful, so he adopted another strategy instead, thinking it was a giraffe. Rajim is demonstrating which dimension of executive function?

Approximately _____ of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are cured with chemotherapy.

In 2011-2012, the percentage of all children in public schools who received special education services for learning disabilities was _____, as compared to autism at _____.

Considering the categories of intellectual disability, which group is able to achieve an elementary school level education and may be able to perform specially selected jobs to make some income?

Shana and her father love to take reference books into the forest and identify trees. From all the possible trees described in her book, she wants to find the one tree that matches the one she is standing by. This exercise fosters _____ thinking.

_____ develop(s) more rapidly during early childhood, and _____ develop(s) more rapidly during middle and late childhood.

Those individuals who have IQs of 55 to 70 fall into the _____ category of intellectual disability.

Individuals who are categorized as having moderate intellectual disability have an IQ of _____.

Which of the following statements about the effect of genetics on intelligence is TRUE?

What are the barriers to creating culture-fair tests?

Organic intellectual disability is caused by:

Mickey is concerned about correctly pronouncing words when reading, such as knowing the "c" is hard and soft in the word "circus," and knowing the "b" is silent in "lamb." She is developing:

All of the following contribute to the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in gifted programs EXCEPT:

Define and describe at least two of the positive aspects of bilingual education.