Question 1

The synchronization of electrical activity in different parts of the brain is called:

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A) EEG rhymicity. 
B) EEG myelinization. 
C) EEG synchronicity. 
D) EEG coherence. 
A) EEG rhymicity. 
B) EEG myelinization. 
C) EEG synchronicity. 
D) EEG coherence.

Question 2

Which of the following is of metamemory?

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A) Before the age of 8, children have no understanding of their own memory processes. 
B) When shown a set of 10 pictures, 5­year­olds know they cannot remember all of them. 
C) 5­ and 8­year­olds have approximately equivalent knowledge of their own memory abilities. 
D) 5­year­olds have some understanding of their own memory process but not as much as do 8­year­olds. 
A) Before the age of 8, children have no understanding of their own memory processes. 
B) When shown a set of 10 pictures, 5­year­olds know they cannot remember all of them. 
C) 5­ and 8­year­olds have approximately equivalent knowledge of their own memory abilities. 
D) 5­year­olds have some understanding of their own memory process but not as much as do 8­year­olds.

Question 3

According to Piaget, there are 3 mental operations that a child might describe that demonstrate an understanding of unchanged quantities in conservation experiments. List and briefly define each.

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According to Piaget, the three mental op

Question 4

Childhood obesity:

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A) has tripled since 1980. 
B) affects 50% of children between the ages of 6 to 11 years old. 
C) is related to increased popularity among peers. 
D) affects 1% of children between the ages of 6 to 11 years old. 
A) has tripled since 1980. 
B) affects 50% of children between the ages of 6 to 11 years old. 
C) is related to increased popularity among peers. 
D) affects 1% of children between the ages of 6 to 11 years old.

Question 5

After about age 7, EEGs of children's brains show:

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A) more theta activity. 
B) more alpha activity. 
C) less alpha and theta activity. 
D) equal amounts of alpha and theta activity. 
A) more theta activity. 
B) more alpha activity. 
C) less alpha and theta activity. 
D) equal amounts of alpha and theta activity.

Question 6

During middle childhood, boys are generally better than girls at:

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A) running. 
B) hopping. 
C) drawing. 
D) skipping. 
A) running. 
B) hopping. 
C) drawing. 
D) skipping.

Question 7

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

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A) linguistic. 
B) bodily­kinesthetic. 
C) personal. 
D) romantic. 
A) linguistic. 
B) bodily­kinesthetic. 
C) personal. 
D) romantic.

Question 8

Since Lee started elementary school, he has moved from impulsively shouting out the answer when his teacher asks a question, to learning the rule about raising his hand and waiting patiently for his turn to answer. Lee is exhibiting better:

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A) metamemory. 
B) rehearsal. 
C) executive function. 
D) elaboration. 
A) metamemory. 
B) rehearsal. 
C) executive function. 
D) elaboration.

Question 9

Cross­cultural studies of conservation have found that:

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A) the attainment of conservation appears to be universal. 
B) in the absence of specific training, conservation fails to develop. 
C) the attainment of conservation exists only among children who have attended school. 
D) there are some societies in which no one ever develops an understanding of conservation. 
A) the attainment of conservation appears to be universal. 
B) in the absence of specific training, conservation fails to develop. 
C) the attainment of conservation exists only among children who have attended school. 
D) there are some societies in which no one ever develops an understanding of conservation.

Question 10

Fabricius and Hagen found that 6­ and 7­year­old children who used an organizational strategy to help them remember:

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A) used the strategy on all trials. 
B) used the strategy in another session. 
C) were aware that the strategy helped their memory. 
D) used the strategy in another session only if they were aware that it helped them. 
A) used the strategy on all trials. 
B) used the strategy in another session. 
C) were aware that the strategy helped their memory. 
D) used the strategy in another session only if they were aware that it helped them.

Question 11

Cite evidence that brain growth and maturation are responsible for the changes in behavior that occur during middle childhood. Can this evidence be interpreted to mean that brain growth and maturation cause specific behavioral changes? Why or why not?

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During middle childhood, the brain under

Question 12

The "Flynn effect" refers to:

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A) IQ score differences across different countries. 
B) IQ score similarities across different countries. 
C) a steady increase in IQ scores worldwide in the last 100 years. 
D) a steady decline in IQ scores worldwide in the last 100 years. 
A) IQ score differences across different countries. 
B) IQ score similarities across different countries. 
C) a steady increase in IQ scores worldwide in the last 100 years. 
D) a steady decline in IQ scores worldwide in the last 100 years.

Question 13

The event that signals a transition to more independence for the Ngoni of Malawi is the:

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A) onset of walking. 
B) loss of milk teeth. 
C) beginning of puberty. 
D) appearance of first words. 
A) onset of walking. 
B) loss of milk teeth. 
C) beginning of puberty. 
D) appearance of first words.

Question 14

When Jorge, age 4, helps his mother set the table for dinner, he seems to get distracted along the way. His distractibility is primarily due to his underdeveloped ____________ abilities.

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A) motor 
B) attention 
C) social 
D) memory 
A) motor 
B) attention 
C) social 
D) memory

Question 15

Maynard and Greenfield compared boys and girls from a Zinacantec community and their peers from Los Angeles on their performance on two types of concrete operational tasks (a traditional Piagetian task and a task that was based on traditional weaving practices). The researchers found that:

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A) children from Los Angeles did better on the Piagetian task, but Zinacantec children did better on the weaving task. 
B) Zinacantec children did better on the Piagetian task, but children from Los Angeles did better on the weaving task. 
C) children from both groups performed equally well on both tasks. 
D) children from Los Angeles did better than the Zinacantec children on both tasks. 
A) children from Los Angeles did better on the Piagetian task, but Zinacantec children did better on the weaving task. 
B) Zinacantec children did better on the Piagetian task, but children from Los Angeles did better on the weaving task. 
C) children from both groups performed equally well on both tasks. 
D) children from Los Angeles did better than the Zinacantec children on both tasks.

Question 16

Nicte and Maria are cousins who are 10 years old. Although Nicte'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?

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A) Nicte is taller than Maria. 
B) Maria is taller than Nicte. 
C) There is no height difference between Nicte and Maria. 
D) Maria is heavier than Nicte. 
A) Nicte is taller than Maria. 
B) Maria is taller than Nicte. 
C) There is no height difference between Nicte and Maria. 
D) Maria is heavier than Nicte.

Question 17

Young children have a short memory span because:

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A) the items they want to remember go immediately into working memory, slowing down their ability to recall the items. 
B) they take longer to scan the items they want to recall. 
C) the items they want to remember skip over their short­term memory into their long­term memory; therefore, it takes them longer to recall the items. 
D) it takes them longer to say a list of numbers, so memory for early items is likely to decay. 
A) the items they want to remember go immediately into working memory, slowing down their ability to recall the items. 
B) they take longer to scan the items they want to recall. 
C) the items they want to remember skip over their short­term memory into their long­term memory; therefore, it takes them longer to recall the items. 
D) it takes them longer to say a list of numbers, so memory for early items is likely to decay.

Question 18

Children who are highly involved in sports are more likely than those who are not to have:

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A) low self­esteem. 
B) depression. 
C) a sense of school belonging. 
D) more negative friends. 
A) low self­esteem. 
B) depression. 
C) a sense of school belonging. 
D) more negative friends.

Question 19

In studying a Zinacantec Mayan community in Mexico, Maynard and Greenfield (2003) found that the cultural practice of backstrap­loom weaving demonstrated:

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A) traditional gender roles. 
B) that adult looms were similar in complexity to toy looms. 
C) that adults looms, but not toy looms, required concrete operational thinking. 
D) that toy looms, but not adult looms, required concrete operational thinking. 
A) traditional gender roles. 
B) that adult looms were similar in complexity to toy looms. 
C) that adults looms, but not toy looms, required concrete operational thinking. 
D) that toy looms, but not adult looms, required concrete operational thinking.

Question 20

Adults expect children to behave more maturely around age 6 or 7 because they:

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A) can perform tasks only with the help of their parents. 
B) can formulate goals. 
C) abandon their goals quickly. 
D) can think abstractly. 
A) can perform tasks only with the help of their parents. 
B) can formulate goals. 
C) abandon their goals quickly. 
D) can think abstractly.

The synchronization of electrical activity in different parts of the brain is called:

Which of the following is of metamemory?

According to Piaget, there are 3 mental operations that a child might describe that demonstrate an understanding of unchanged quantities in conservation experiments. List and briefly define each.

Childhood obesity:

After about age 7, EEGs of children's brains show:

During middle childhood, boys are generally better than girls at:

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

Since Lee started elementary school, he has moved from impulsively shouting out the answer when his teacher asks a question, to learning the rule about raising his hand and waiting patiently for his turn to answer. Lee is exhibiting better:

Crosscultural studies of conservation have found that:

Fabricius and Hagen found that 6 and 7yearold children who used an organizational strategy to help them remember:

Cite evidence that brain growth and maturation are responsible for the changes in behavior that occur during middle childhood. Can this evidence be interpreted to mean that brain growth and maturation cause specific behavioral changes? Why or why not?

The "Flynn effect" refers to:

The event that signals a transition to more independence for the Ngoni of Malawi is the:

When Jorge, age 4, helps his mother set the table for dinner, he seems to get distracted along the way. His distractibility is primarily due to his underdeveloped ____________ abilities.

Maynard and Greenfield compared boys and girls from a Zinacantec community and their peers from Los Angeles on their performance on two types of concrete operational tasks (a traditional Piagetian task and a task that was based on traditional weaving practices). The researchers found that:

Nicte and Maria are cousins who are 10 years old. Although Nicte'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?

Young children have a short memory span because:

Children who are highly involved in sports are more likely than those who are not to have:

In studying a Zinacantec Mayan community in Mexico, Maynard and Greenfield (2003) found that the cultural practice of backstraploom weaving demonstrated:

Adults expect children to behave more maturely around age 6 or 7 because they:

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Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

The synchronization of electrical activity in different parts of the brain is called:

Which of the following is of metamemory?

According to Piaget, there are 3 mental operations that a child might describe that demonstrate an understanding of unchanged quantities in conservation experiments. List and briefly define each.

Childhood obesity:

After about age 7, EEGs of children's brains show:

During middle childhood, boys are generally better than girls at:

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

Since Lee started elementary school, he has moved from impulsively shouting out the answer when his teacher asks a question, to learning the rule about raising his hand and waiting patiently for his turn to answer. Lee is exhibiting better:

Cross­cultural studies of conservation have found that:

Fabricius and Hagen found that 6­ and 7­year­old children who used an organizational strategy to help them remember:

Cite evidence that brain growth and maturation are responsible for the changes in behavior that occur during middle childhood. Can this evidence be interpreted to mean that brain growth and maturation cause specific behavioral changes? Why or why not?

The "Flynn effect" refers to:

The event that signals a transition to more independence for the Ngoni of Malawi is the:

When Jorge, age 4, helps his mother set the table for dinner, he seems to get distracted along the way. His distractibility is primarily due to his underdeveloped ____________ abilities.

Maynard and Greenfield compared boys and girls from a Zinacantec community and their peers from Los Angeles on their performance on two types of concrete operational tasks (a traditional Piagetian task and a task that was based on traditional weaving practices). The researchers found that:

Nicte and Maria are cousins who are 10 years old. Although Nicte'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?

Young children have a short memory span because:

Children who are highly involved in sports are more likely than those who are not to have:

In studying a Zinacantec Mayan community in Mexico, Maynard and Greenfield (2003) found that the cultural practice of backstrap­loom weaving demonstrated:

Adults expect children to behave more maturely around age 6 or 7 because they:

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Biocultural Foundations

Prenatal Development and Birth

The First Three Months

Physical and Cognitive Development in the First Two Years

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Crosscultural studies of conservation have found that:

Fabricius and Hagen found that 6 and 7yearold children who used an organizational strategy to help them remember:

In studying a Zinacantec Mayan community in Mexico, Maynard and Greenfield (2003) found that the cultural practice of backstraploom weaving demonstrated: