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

Birgit is really into women's soccer and is able to remember all of the professional teams because she has mentally sorted them by division. This indicates that Birgit is using ____ to help her recall the information.

When asked to describe his specialization, Alfred says, "I am mainly interested in developing ways of measuring intelligence and personality factors." Given this description, Alfred is MOST likely a:

The Smiths have two children. Their son Will is a 10-year-old concrete operational thinker. Their daughter Jada is a 14-year-old formal operational thinker. Describe three different situations in which Will and Jada would respond differently based on their current stages of thinking. Be sure to describe both the situation and the responses.

By definition, a child with a learning disability must have some kind of sensory impairment.

Newt has a mental age of 10. That means Newt:

Psychometricians specialize in the biology of the brain.

Which MOST accurately describes long-term memory?

If you lacked phonological awareness, you would have great difficulty in:

When engaging in deductive reasoning, one draws conclusions from facts.

The ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and problems is BEST associated with ____ ability.

Who is MOST likely to be diagnosed with, and treated for, ADHD?

The BEST example of metamemory would involve knowing that:

What is the causal relationship between food additives, sugar consumption, and ADHD?

Which provides the BEST example of cognitive self-regulation?

One myth concerning ADHD is that:

Which child is MOST likely to be gifted?

Knowledge-telling and knowledge-transforming are types of ____ strategies.

Takeo is a Japanese individual trying to learn English. The first time he sees the word "psychology," he has no idea what this combination of letters means. Takeo's difficulties are BEST described as centering on:

Binet originally introduced the concept of the intelligence quotient: IQ = MA/CA x 100.

Will won tickets to the  Country Music Expo  by listing all the possible words that could be created from the words "COUNTRYRULES." This is an example of: