Exam 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

A theory that states that memory is best understood by considering two types of memory representation: verbatim memory trace and gist.

A person's mental age divided by chronological age (CA), multiplied by 100 would indicate that person's:

_____ involves knowing about knowing.

Sandra, 9, was always behind in class because she could only write very slowly, and even then her painstaking efforts would be virtually illegible and riddled with spelling mistakes. Her teacher referred her to a psychologist who diagnosed her with a learning disability called:

Ellen Winner described three criteria that characterize gifted children. Which of the following was NOT one of these criteria?

Defining words becomes a regular part of classroom discourse, and children increase their knowledge of _____ as they study and talk about the components of sentences, such as subjects and verbs.

_____ is knowledge about language, such as knowing what a preposition is or the ability to discuss the sounds of a language.

Sergio's mental age is 8, but his chronological age is 9, we would say that Sergio's IQ is:

The number of children diagnosed and treated for ADHD has _____ in recent decades.

One of the explanations for the gender difference in the identification of learning disabilities is that:

Children who have reached the concrete operational stage are capable of _____, which is the ability to order stimuli along a quantitative dimension.

According to Robert J. Sternberg, which type of intelligence in students is most likely to be favored in conventional schooling?

According to Howard Gardner, successful theologians and psychologists most likely to have high levels of which type of intelligence?

Emily has the ability to think about things in novel and unusual ways; this allows her to come up with unique solutions to problems. This ability is called _____.

The _____ is a setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability are educated.

This theorist described three criteria that characterize gifted children, whether in art, music, or academic domains.

"What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?" This is an example of a question that has many possible answers and fosters _____ thinking.

_____ allows children "to think about their language, understand what words are, and even define them."

This theorist developed the triarchic theory of intelligence.

What are the treatment options available for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?