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

A newspaper headline reads, "IQ scores of Asian students superior to those of students from the United States. Difference appears to be the result of differential education." Respond to the headline by describing data concerning both ethnic differences in intelligence and differences in educational practices between the United States and countries in Asia.

By sounding out novel words, children store information about words in working memory that can be used for direct retrieval.

Japanese parents are more likely than American parents to believe that genetic factors determine mathematical ability.

Describe the development of memory strategies, metacognition, and self-regulation during the early childhood years.

A child with outstanding divergent thinking skills would definitely have a lot of:

Goal identification and effective strategy selection are examples of cognitive self-regulation.

In reading, ____ is defined as the ability to extract meaning from a sequence of words.

During their elementary school years, the average child gains about eight pounds and two to three inches a year.