Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

In two investigations, African-American children adopted into economically well-off white homes during the first year of life __________.

Ms. Dockery believes that from the beginning, children should be exposed to text in its complete form-stories, poems, letters, posters, and lists. Ms. Dockery supports the __________ approach to teaching beginning reading.

Adoption studies reveal that __________.

Gains in perspective taking permit the transition to __________.

By far, the most common chronic disease or condition of children in the United States is __________.

Which statement about gross-motor development in middle childhood is accurate?

On the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V), which intellectual factor emphasizes culture-dependent information?

Rochelle is taking a test in which she is asked to come up with as many different ways as possible to make use of a straw. This is most likely a test of __________.

Describe Sternberg's triarchic theory of successful intelligence. Define each of the identified, interacting intelligences.

The nonverbal subtests of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, __________.

Which statement regarding intelligence tests in schools is true?

Many ethnic minority parents without extensive education prefer a(n) __________ style of communication when completing tasks with children.

Some investigators have concluded that the forms of logic required by Piagetian tasks do not emerge spontaneously but, rather, are __________.

With increasing education, parents establish a __________ style of communication, like that of classrooms and tests.

In middle childhood, as in early childhood, boys__________ than girls.

Which statement about language development during middle childhood is true?

According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, the ability to solve novel problems involves __________ intelligence.

For most children, joining community athletic teams is associated with __________.

Children from economically advantaged homes are at their healthiest in __________.

During the elementary school years, __________.