Exam 9: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Compared with rote rehearsal, a more effective method for remembering is to make the new material meaningful by purposefully relating it to well-known information.What term refers to this method of remembering?

MATCHING -Metacognition

Carl has survived on the street because he has been able to adapt to the demands of street life.What type of intelligence is Carl most likely high in?

When two people are talking, John can type their conversation faster than Rebecca because he responds faster to the verbal stimulus.What term refers to John's ability?

By age 7, most children are NOT capable of which gross motor skills?

MATCHING -used by gymnasts and dancers

MATCHING -The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

MATCHING -Watching television

According to a 2005 Statistics Canada survey, which children are most likely to participate in sports?

Taylor has been diagnosed with dyslexia.What is the likelihood that Taylor's siblings will also have dyslexia?

The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada argues that 3 out of 10 children have some form of learning disability.

Preschoolers are most likely to use postconventional reasoning for moral behaviour.

Research has shown that long-term memory has no known time limit or capacity.

What has recent research found in terms of today's Aboriginal populations and the literacy development of their cultural languages? What can be done?

What percentage of Canadian children are obese?

Justin is 8 years old.He believes that he needs to follow the rules of the game or his library privileges will be removed.According to, Kohlberg's levels of moral development, which stage is Justin in?

Which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development represents a law-and-order orientation?

MATCHING -Associates visual stimuli and sound combinations

MATCHING -Growth through middle childhood

You have been asked to create a national exercise program for school-aged children across Canada.Which of the following activities would promote the best physical health for children?