Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Which level is considered to be a foundation for a child's educational career?

U.S. children preferring distribution of resources be based on merit and Filipino children preferring the distribution be based on interpersonal relationships reflects which concept?

Carter is studying for his biology exam. He is trying to remember the process of photosynthesis so he creates a story about a flower growing in a field that includes the flower taking in sunlight. What memory strategy is he using?

Information processing during middle childhood is characterized by ______.

Children develop and hone their understanding of morality through social interaction, at home, at school, and with peers.

Explain each of analytical intelligence, creative intelligence and applied intelligence in the triarchic theory of intelligence.

The term for being exposed to two languages from birth is ______.

Explain the relationship between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the amygdala in moral development.

Over the past 60 years, intelligence scores have increased by about 9 points for measures of general knowledge and 15 points for nonverbal measures of fluid reasoning. This is known as the ______.

Lessons and drills that emphasize learning the patterns of sound combinations in words is called ______.

What percentage of U.S. children are retained in a grade at least once between kindergarten and 8th grade?

How language is used in everyday contexts describes ______.

Abel lives in an area of poverty and often has too little to eat. He is small for his age, even at 8 years old. What will Abel's growth pattern likely to be if he continues to stay in his current environment?