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

Fernando is able to process more incoming information than he could when he was younger.The new ability reflects which dimension of executive function?

Fiona,10,is an outstanding pianist and has an IQ of 140.Fiona is:

Which of the following is an important characteristic of individuals who become experts in a particular domain?

Which of the following is a strategy for improving children's memory skills?

Howard Gardner suggests that there are _____ types of intelligence.

Obesity rates for 6- to 11-year-olds have:

A number of causes for ADHD have been proposed,including:

A child is presented with two identical balls of clay.The experimenter rolls one ball into a long,thin shape; the other remains in its original ball.The child is then asked if there is more clay in the ball or in the long,thin piece of clay.If the child answers the problem correctly,but cannot use abstract reasoning yet,the child MOST likely is in which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory?

Interventions with children who have a learning disability often focus on improving:

What causes the autism spectrum disorders?

Samuel,8,has difficulty in math computation.His physician diagnosed him as suffering from a learning disability called _____,or developmental arithmetic disorder.

.Discuss what Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)does.

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

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

The _____ not only provide an overall IQ score,but they also yield several composite indexes that allow the examiner to quickly determine the areas in which the child is strong or weak.

Colin does not earn high grades on standardized tests but has a black belt in martial arts.According to Gardner,Colin has _____ skills.

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

_____ is a disability in which children consistently show one or more of these characteristics over a period of time: inattention,hyperactivity,and impulsivity.

Of all children from 3 to 21 years of age in the United States,_____ percent received special education or related services in 2008-2009.

According to some studies,African-American schoolchildren in the United States score,on average,_____ points lower on standardized intelligence tests than non-Latino white American schoolchildren do.