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

Of all children from 3 to 21 years of age in the United States, _____ received special education or related services in 2011 -2012.

Terrence has always had trouble with basic math skills. He's embarrassed that for his age he still has trouble counting, adding, and subtracting. When his teacher tries to help he usually just guesses at answers. His teacher is concerned that Terrence is dealing with _____.

Recent studies have identified all of the following as potential contributors to the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder EXCEPT:

A learning disability is:

Self-control/inhibition, working memory, and flexibility are all dimensions of:

On average, children gain _____ pounds per year during middle and late childhood.

About _____ Americans fit the definition of intellectual disability, with about _____ of them falling into the mild category.

With regard to the cognitive development theory, Piaget proposed that the concrete operational stage lasts from approximately _____ years of age.

This theorist emphasized analytical, creative, and practical intelligences.

In recent decades the number of children diagnosed and treated for ADHD has _____.

Patrick is an experienced farmer who is very good at his job. He seems to have an intuition about the weather, the wind, and the animals' behaviors. According to Howard Gardner, which of the following types of intelligence is Patrick most likely to score highly on?

Megan, age eight, has a test tomorrow. "It's an easy test," she tells her mother. "I just have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday." Megan is exhibiting her:

Daryl quizzed his roommate's creativity by asking, "How many different uses for a newspaper can you come up with?" This is a test of:

According to Howard Gardner, successful theologians and psychologists are most likely to have high levels of which type of intelligence?

The approach to reading instruction based on the idea that instruction should parallel children's natural language learning with meaningful materials.

Describe evidence to show that giftedness is a product of both heredity or environment.

Many intelligence tests are biased in that they:

ADHD occurs _____ more frequently in boys than in girls.

In terms of brain development in school-age children, synaptic pruning is part of the shift in activation from:

Which of the following is TRUE about second-language learning?