Question 1

_____ is an example of a task that requires fine motor skills.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tying shoelaces 
B)  Swimming across a pool 
C)  Climbing stairs 
D)  Wrestling your friends 
A)  Tying shoelaces 
B)  Swimming across a pool 
C)  Climbing stairs 
D)  Wrestling your friends

Question 2

One strategy for promoting memory is to encode visual stimuli as sounds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. In the stage of objec

Question 4

Concrete-operational children:

Accepted Answer

A)  focus on tangible objects. 
B)  focus on abstract ideas. 
C)  do not engage in decentration. 
D)  do not exhibit transitivity. 
A)  focus on tangible objects. 
B)  focus on abstract ideas. 
C)  do not engage in decentration. 
D)  do not exhibit transitivity.

Question 5

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural bias 
B)  Cultural heritability 
C)  Cultural hypocrisy 
D)  Cultural transitivity 
A)  Cultural bias 
B)  Cultural heritability 
C)  Cultural hypocrisy 
D)  Cultural transitivity

Question 7

Steve is an eight-year-old boy. He faces trouble in reading exercises in school. He says that he finds it difficult to associate letters with sound. In this scenario, Steve most likely has problems with the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  angular gyrus 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  limbic lobe 
D)  hypothalamus 
A)  angular gyrus 
B)  cerebellum 
C)  limbic lobe 
D)  hypothalamus

Question 8

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypersensitivity 
B)  Transitivity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Plasticity 
A)  Hypersensitivity 
B)  Transitivity 
C)  Heritability 
D)  Plasticity

Question 9

Discuss the patterns of motor development in the middle childhood years. Do gender differences influence the development of motor skills during these years?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Throughout middle chi

Question 10

In middle childhood, girls show more forearm strength than boys.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Explain the word-recognition method of teaching reading.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Children read by inte

Question 12

Stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):

Accepted Answer

A)  increase children's attention span. 
B)  degrade children's academic performance. 
C)  do not promote the activity of dopamine. 
D)  do not promote the activity of noradrenaline. 
A)  increase children's attention span. 
B)  degrade children's academic performance. 
C)  do not promote the activity of dopamine. 
D)  do not promote the activity of noradrenaline.

Question 13

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. If your parents are o

Question 14

Which of the following physiological changes occur during the middle childhood years?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reaction time increases. 
B)  Muscles grow weaker. 
C)  Neural pathways become less myelinated. 
D)  Experience refines sensorimotor abilities. 
A)  Reaction time increases. 
B)  Muscles grow weaker. 
C)  Neural pathways become less myelinated. 
D)  Experience refines sensorimotor abilities.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is caused by overexposure to food preservatives. 
B)  It occurs by age seven and is many times more common in boys than girls. 
C)  It is characterized by letter reversal, mirror reading, and reduced comprehension. 
D)  It is most widely treated by using suppressants. 
A)  It is caused by overexposure to food preservatives. 
B)  It occurs by age seven and is many times more common in boys than girls. 
C)  It is characterized by letter reversal, mirror reading, and reduced comprehension. 
D)  It is most widely treated by using suppressants.

Question 16

Which of the following is true of children in the middle years?

Accepted Answer

A)  They fail to develop the ability to use connectives. 
B)  They learn to form indirect object-direct object constructions. 
C)  They have difficulty in understanding passive sentences. 
D)  They attain the maximum level of vocabulary development. 
A)  They fail to develop the ability to use connectives. 
B)  They learn to form indirect object-direct object constructions. 
C)  They have difficulty in understanding passive sentences. 
D)  They attain the maximum level of vocabulary development.

Question 17

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a disorder characterized by excessive inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true of creative children?

Accepted Answer

A)  They solve problems to which there are no preexisting solutions. 
B)  They adhere to social norms and accept ideas at their face value. 
C)  They employ convergent thinking rather than divergent thinking. 
D)  They refuse to take chances and accept their limitations. 
A)  They solve problems to which there are no preexisting solutions. 
B)  They adhere to social norms and accept ideas at their face value. 
C)  They employ convergent thinking rather than divergent thinking. 
D)  They refuse to take chances and accept their limitations.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true of the information-processing capabilities of children in the middle years?

Accepted Answer

A)  Memory function in middle childhood is undeveloped and shows qualitative improvement only during early adolescence. 
B)  As children's knowledge of concepts advances, the storehouse of their long-term memory becomes less organized according to categories. 
C)  Concrete-operational children use rote learning only when someone forces them to do so. 
D)  Concrete-operational children can attend to multiple aspects of a problem at once, permitting them to conserve number and volume. 
A)  Memory function in middle childhood is undeveloped and shows qualitative improvement only during early adolescence. 
B)  As children's knowledge of concepts advances, the storehouse of their long-term memory becomes less organized according to categories. 
C)  Concrete-operational children use rote learning only when someone forces them to do so. 
D)  Concrete-operational children can attend to multiple aspects of a problem at once, permitting them to conserve number and volume.

Question 20

Briefly explain grammar and vocabulary development in children.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. By the age of six, th

_____ is an example of a task that requires fine motor skills.

One strategy for promoting memory is to encode visual stimuli as sounds.

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?

Concrete-operational children:

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Which of the following is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds?

Steve is an eight-year-old boy. He faces trouble in reading exercises in school. He says that he finds it difficult to associate letters with sound. In this scenario, Steve most likely has problems with the _____.

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?

Discuss the patterns of motor development in the middle childhood years. Do gender differences influence the development of motor skills during these years?

In middle childhood, girls show more forearm strength than boys.

Explain the word-recognition method of teaching reading.

Stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Which of the following physiological changes occur during the middle childhood years?

Which of the following statements is true of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Which of the following is true of children in the middle years?

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a disorder characterized by excessive inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity.

Which of the following statements is true of creative children?

Which of the following statements is true of the information-processing capabilities of children in the middle years?

Briefly explain grammar and vocabulary development in children.

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_____ is an example of a task that requires fine motor skills.

One strategy for promoting memory is to encode visual stimuli as sounds.

According to Piaget's theory of moral development, how do children's moral reasoning differ in the stages of objective morality and autonomous morality?

Concrete-operational children:

Cultural bias refers to the factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds.

Which of the following is a factor hypothesized to be present in intelligence tests that provides an advantage for test takers from certain cultural backgrounds?

Steve is an eight-year-old boy. He faces trouble in reading exercises in school. He says that he finds it difficult to associate letters with sound. In this scenario, Steve most likely has problems with the _____.

Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to genetic factors?

Discuss the patterns of motor development in the middle childhood years. Do gender differences influence the development of motor skills during these years?

In middle childhood, girls show more forearm strength than boys.

Explain the word-recognition method of teaching reading.

Stimulants used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):

In the context of cognitive development of children, explain the principle of transitivity.

Which of the following physiological changes occur during the middle childhood years?

Which of the following statements is true of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Which of the following is true of children in the middle years?

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a disorder characterized by excessive inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity.

Which of the following statements is true of creative children?

Which of the following statements is true of the information-processing capabilities of children in the middle years?

Briefly explain grammar and vocabulary development in children.

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

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