Question 1

In middle childhood, children cannot understand the passive voice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What are the advances in the understanding of grammar in middle childhood?

Accepted Answer

Older children become increasingly aware

Question 3

Give examples of how children of different cultures incorporate biological concepts into their understanding.

Accepted Answer

When exposed to biological concepts of i

Question 4

How do health care professionals determine whether an individual is in the healthy range?

Accepted Answer

A)  weight measured by a scale 
B)  visual appearance 
C)  measuring body mass index 
D)  size of clothing 
A)  weight measured by a scale 
B)  visual appearance 
C)  measuring body mass index 
D)  size of clothing

Question 5

Which type of rules do school-age children see as less violable, contingent on authority or rules, or alterable than social conventions?

Accepted Answer

A)  moral 
B)  preoperational 
C)  distributive 
D)  limited 
A)  moral 
B)  preoperational 
C)  distributive 
D)  limited

Question 6

Bridget was expected to memorize rules the sounds of each letter to sound out words. Her teachers drilled her on words and sound patterns. What type of reading method did her school use?

Accepted Answer

A)  inclusive method 
B)  immersion method 
C)  whole-language approach 
D)  phonics instruction 
A)  inclusive method 
B)  immersion method 
C)  whole-language approach 
D)  phonics instruction

Question 7

People in nonwestern cultures without formal schooling tend to rely on which type of memory skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  elaboration 
B)  organization 
C)  rehearsal 
D)  spatial cues 
A)  elaboration 
B)  organization 
C)  rehearsal 
D)  spatial cues

Question 8

Which English language learning method has been found to bring a loss in native language?

Accepted Answer

A)  immersion approach 
B)  bilingualism 
C)  dual language learning 
D)  language redirection approach 
A)  immersion approach 
B)  bilingualism 
C)  dual language learning 
D)  language redirection approach

Question 9

The understanding that words can be used in more than one way leads 8- to 10-year-old to understand ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  similes and metaphors 
B)  complex sentence structure 
C)  sarcasm and syntax 
D)  foreign languages 
A)  similes and metaphors 
B)  complex sentence structure 
C)  sarcasm and syntax 
D)  foreign languages

Question 10

Which stage of Piaget's perspective involves children seeing a need for agreement on rules and consequences for violations?

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomous morality 
B)  heteronomous morality 
C)  preconventional moral reasoning 
D)  conventional moral reasoning 
A)  autonomous morality 
B)  heteronomous morality 
C)  preconventional moral reasoning 
D)  conventional moral reasoning

Question 11

Chen moved to the United States from China. She speaks a little English, but the principal of the school believes that children who have a different first language learn best by being in a classroom with English-speaking students. He thinks that Chen will learn English faster if she learns English and course content at the same time. What method is Chen's school using?

Accepted Answer

A)  language redirection approach 
B)  dual language learning 
C)  bilingualism 
D)  immersion approach 
A)  language redirection approach 
B)  dual language learning 
C)  bilingualism 
D)  immersion approach

Question 12

Approximately how many languages are spoken in U.S. homes?

Accepted Answer

A)  200 
B)  250 
C)  300 
D)  350 
A)  200 
B)  250 
C)  300 
D)  350

Question 13

What is body image dissatisfaction associated with? What factors contribute to body image dissatisfaction?

Accepted Answer

Body image dissatisfaction is associated

Question 14

Dyslexia has been found to be associated with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  poor instruction in the early years of schooling with respect to reading 
B)  children who failed to be exposed to books or read to as infants 
C)  neurologically based difficulty in processing speech sounds 
D)  an increase in mathematical ability 
A)  poor instruction in the early years of schooling with respect to reading 
B)  children who failed to be exposed to books or read to as infants 
C)  neurologically based difficulty in processing speech sounds 
D)  an increase in mathematical ability

Question 15

The gym teacher told her fourth grade students to line up from shortest to tallest. She had told her four-year-old kindergarten class to do the same thing, but they were unable to do it. What cognitive concept do the fourth grade students have that the kindergarten students are incapable of yet?

Accepted Answer

A)  egocentrism 
B)  elaboration 
C)  seriation 
D)  conservation 
A)  egocentrism 
B)  elaboration 
C)  seriation 
D)  conservation

Question 16

Which function falls outside of the central executive arena?

Accepted Answer

A)  storing information in long-term memory 
B)  interpreting facial expressions and attributing emotions to the expression 
C)  encoding and retrieving information 
D)  selectively attending to specific information and ignoring irrelevant information 
A)  storing information in long-term memory 
B)  interpreting facial expressions and attributing emotions to the expression 
C)  encoding and retrieving information 
D)  selectively attending to specific information and ignoring irrelevant information

Question 17

A child's capacity to solve conservation problems is related to development of information processing capacities such as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  being able to sense tactile differences in objects 
B)  working memory and the ability to control impulses 
C)  long-term memory and the ability to recognize emotions 
D)  being able to use gross motor skills 
A)  being able to sense tactile differences in objects 
B)  working memory and the ability to control impulses 
C)  long-term memory and the ability to recognize emotions 
D)  being able to use gross motor skills

Question 18

IQ tests have been shown to have low validity in predicting school achievement, how long a child will stay in school, and career attainment in adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Analytic, creative, and applied intelligence are considered to be the same across cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The ability to speak more than one language has what effect on children?

Accepted Answer

A)  lower scores on measures of memory 
B)  increased ability to control attention 
C)  average scores on measures of analytical reasoning 
D)  decreased ability to ignore misleading information 
A)  lower scores on measures of memory 
B)  increased ability to control attention 
C)  average scores on measures of analytical reasoning 
D)  decreased ability to ignore misleading information

In middle childhood, children cannot understand the passive voice.

What are the advances in the understanding of grammar in middle childhood?

Give examples of how children of different cultures incorporate biological concepts into their understanding.

How do health care professionals determine whether an individual is in the healthy range?

Which type of rules do school-age children see as less violable, contingent on authority or rules, or alterable than social conventions?

Bridget was expected to memorize rules the sounds of each letter to sound out words. Her teachers drilled her on words and sound patterns. What type of reading method did her school use?

People in nonwestern cultures without formal schooling tend to rely on which type of memory skills?

Which English language learning method has been found to bring a loss in native language?

The understanding that words can be used in more than one way leads 8- to 10-year-old to understand ______.

Which stage of Piaget's perspective involves children seeing a need for agreement on rules and consequences for violations?

Approximately how many languages are spoken in U.S. homes?

What is body image dissatisfaction associated with? What factors contribute to body image dissatisfaction?

Dyslexia has been found to be associated with ______.

The gym teacher told her fourth grade students to line up from shortest to tallest. She had told her four-year-old kindergarten class to do the same thing, but they were unable to do it. What cognitive concept do the fourth grade students have that the kindergarten students are incapable of yet?

Which function falls outside of the central executive arena?

A child's capacity to solve conservation problems is related to development of information processing capacities such as ______.

IQ tests have been shown to have low validity in predicting school achievement, how long a child will stay in school, and career attainment in adulthood.

Analytic, creative, and applied intelligence are considered to be the same across cultures.

The ability to speak more than one language has what effect on children?

Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

Biological and Environmental Foundations

The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood and the End of Life

Death and Dying

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Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

In middle childhood, children cannot understand the passive voice.

What are the advances in the understanding of grammar in middle childhood?

Give examples of how children of different cultures incorporate biological concepts into their understanding.

How do health care professionals determine whether an individual is in the healthy range?

Which type of rules do school-age children see as less violable, contingent on authority or rules, or alterable than social conventions?

Bridget was expected to memorize rules the sounds of each letter to sound out words. Her teachers drilled her on words and sound patterns. What type of reading method did her school use?

People in nonwestern cultures without formal schooling tend to rely on which type of memory skills?

Which English language learning method has been found to bring a loss in native language?

The understanding that words can be used in more than one way leads 8- to 10-year-old to understand ______.

Which stage of Piaget's perspective involves children seeing a need for agreement on rules and consequences for violations?

Approximately how many languages are spoken in U.S. homes?

What is body image dissatisfaction associated with? What factors contribute to body image dissatisfaction?

Dyslexia has been found to be associated with ______.

The gym teacher told her fourth grade students to line up from shortest to tallest. She had told her four-year-old kindergarten class to do the same thing, but they were unable to do it. What cognitive concept do the fourth grade students have that the kindergarten students are incapable of yet?

Which function falls outside of the central executive arena?

A child's capacity to solve conservation problems is related to development of information processing capacities such as ______.

IQ tests have been shown to have low validity in predicting school achievement, how long a child will stay in school, and career attainment in adulthood.

Analytic, creative, and applied intelligence are considered to be the same across cultures.

The ability to speak more than one language has what effect on children?

Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

Biological and Environmental Foundations

The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood and the End of Life

Death and Dying

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