Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

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

Virtually all intelligence tests provide an overall score (the IQ),which represents __________ intelligence.

Discuss bilingual development in middle childhood.How do children become bilingual? Is there a sensitive period for second-language development?

The information-processing perspective

Obese children report __________ than normal-weight children.

Which of the following statements about the causes of obesity is true?

Mr.Winkman emphasizes competition and publicly compares the children in his classroom,regularly favoring the best students.Joyce knows that Mr.Winkman does not think she is very smart.As result,Joyce's grades drop.This is known as a(n)

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

Individuals whose __________ systems function more efficiently appear to have an edge in intellectual skills.

Dr.Goldberg introduces irrelevant stimuli into a task and records how well children attend to its central elements.Dr.Goldberg is probably studying

Heritability evidence suggests __________ genetic influences on various aspects of executive function,including combining information in working memory,controlling attention,and inhibiting inappropriate responses.

A child who is capable of reversibility can

Irene's body mass index is in the 87th percentile.Irene is

When children of the same age enrolled in different grades are compared,those who __________ score higher on intelligence tests.

Which of the following statements about mathematics teaching in elementary schools is true?

Children who acquire effective self-regulatory skills develop a sense of

Teacher ratings of classroom disruptive behavior decline for children who have

When children of low-IQ biological mothers were adopted at birth by parents who were well above average in income and education,they

Although 8-year-old Claire can easily arrange sticks of differing lengths from shortest to tallest,she cannot solve the following problem: "Jack is taller than Sam,and Sam is taller than Max.Who is the tallest?" This is because Claire's concrete mental operations work poorly with

Research shows that __________ predicts school performance at least as well as,and sometimes better than,IQ does.