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

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A child is presented with two identical balls of clay. The experimenter rolls one ball into a long, thin shape; the other remains in its original ball. The child is then asked if there is more clay in the ball or in the long, thin piece of clay. If the child answers the problem correctly the child most likely is in which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory?

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_____ allows children to think about the definitions of words and components of sentences.

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Early in life Thomas was diagnosed with _____ intellectual disability. He lives with his parents, spending his days at a local adult day-care facility. Through tutoring he has reached an elementary school level of education and is able to do simple tasks to help out around the house.

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Hanna is guiding her daughter through spelling words when she comes to the word tiger. Hanna asks her daughter about a tiger in one of her favorite picture books, and shows her pictures of real tigers. Hanna is using _____ to help her daughter remember the word.

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Because of the difficulties in creating culture-fair tests, Robert Sternberg concludes that there are only _____ tests.

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Which of the following is FALSE regarding motor development in middle and late childhood?

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List the strategies recommended for improving long-term memory. Using the example of a parent tutoring a child who needs to remember a story, give examples of how the parent would use the strategies. The strategies are:

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Compare and contrast convergent thinking with divergent thinking, and give an example of situations or circumstances when each type would be most effective.

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Which of the following is NOT a trend in body growth for children in middle and late childhood?

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Mental age (MA) is:

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Comparing data from 2009-2010 to that from 2011-2012, the percent of two- to five-year-olds who were obese _____, while the percent of U.S. 6- to 11-year-olds _____.

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Luis's grandfather decided to challenge Luis to a game. He placed coins on the table and asked his grandson to organize coins in a row from the largest in size to the smallest. This game is testing the Piagetian concept of:

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

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According to the fuzzy trace theory, the _____ consists of the precise details of the information.

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Max, now diagnosed with ADHD, has been seeing a therapist who leads him through ____. Often, he sits with his eyes closed, paying attention only to his breathing.

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All of the following are associated with childhood obesity in the United States EXCEPT:

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ADHD is a disability in which children consistently, over time, show any or all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

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The Wechsler intelligence test provides an overall IQ score along with all of the following subscores EXCEPT:

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Dual-language instruction, formerly known as bilingual education, involves:

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Brain studies have associated all of the following with ADHD except:

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