Exam 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood

If you use the old mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" to remember the order of the original nine planets in our Solar System as they move outward from the Sun, you are using a memory strategy called ________.

Why is it that children are able to improve their handwriting skills as they move through the elementary school years?

Which of the following is the correct formula for determining one's intelligence quotient (IQ), a measure that was first employed in intelligence testing by Lewis Terman in 1916?

If you had a child, would you encourage him/her to get involved in an organized sports team? Why or why not? Make sure to cite relevant findings noted in your textbook to support your answer.

Metacognition includes a person's informal understanding of their own memory processes, including diagnosing memory problems accurately and monitoring the effectiveness of their own memory strategies.

Which of the following conditions that is inextricably linked to physical fitness has now reached epidemic levels in the United States, according to the US Surgeon General?

In the United States, approximately ____ percent of children are classified as learning disabled.

If you were on the board of education for your local school district and were asked for your opinions about what would make a good school, what might you say? If you were also asked what qualities should be sought in a teacher, how would you respond?

The first legitimate test of intelligence was devised in _________ around 1904 by Binet and Simon.

For every girl diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there are approximately ____ boys given the same diagnosis.

Why do you think it is that so many more girls than boys study gymnastics in their early teenage years?

By kindergarten, children have mastered ________ and use this as the basis for learning how to add.

When a youngster's home and school environments value nonconformity and curiosity, that child is more likely to be ________.

Gardner believes that schools should focus on both linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences, and allow other forms of intelligence to be fostered in the home.

Significant limitations in cognitive skills that are accompanied by difficulties in adapting to one's environment define ________, provided that these symptoms emerge prior to 18 years of age.

What used to be referred to as "mental retardation" is now more properly called ________, and is marked by a deficit in intelligence quotient and problems adapting to one's environment.

________ is the meal that should provide approximately one-quarter of a child's daily calorie intake.

Thirteen-year-old Kiki is learning to play the piano, and her teacher is showing her the notes of a standard musical scale. She is struggling to remember which notes go on the lines and which notes go in the spaces, so the teacher says, "To remember that the line notes are E, G, B, D, and F, just say to yourself Every Good Boy Does Fine." This type of memory strategy demonstrates ________.

As Joe is telling his grandmother about the animals he saw at the city zoo, he tells her "And there was a dinosaur there too!" Joe's grandmother says to him, "Are you sure there was a dinosaur there, or are you just pretending?" Joe gets upset, thinking that his grandmother does not believe him, and insists that he is remembering correctly. Joe's lack of ability to recognize that people can misremember events indicates that he has not yet developed a high level of ________.

Exceptional talent ordinarily leads to extraordinary achievement, irrespective of the types of instruction that are received.