Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Louise is teaching her son to read by telling him the sounds that each alphabet stands for.What approach is she using?

When no evidence of organic brain damage can be found,cases are labeled _____ intellectual disability.Individuals with this type of disability have IQs between 55 and 70.

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

_____ are characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells.

Tabitha has a learning disability that involves a severe impairment in her ability to read and spell.She most likely has _____.

Which of the following is a type of intelligence identified in Robert J.Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Of all children from 3 to 21 years of age in the United States,_____ percent received special education or related services in 2011-2012.

Sally's mental age is 12,but her chronological age is 9.Sally's IQ is _____.

According to the fuzzy trace theory,the _____ consists of the precise details of the information.

Identify the theorists who proposed the fuzzy trace theory in understanding the development of memory.

If the word "win" is on a list of words a child is asked to remember,the child might think of the last time he won a pony race with a friend.This is an example of _____.

Who created the concept of intelligence quotient?

Which of the following is TRUE of children with cultural-familial intellectual disability?

If we look at Madeline's mental age and divide it by her chronological age,and then multiply it by 100,we are calculating her _____.

Which of the following statements about IQ or intelligence is true?

The incidence of cancer in children has _____ in recent years.

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

Three-year-old Jared was taken to the doctor by his parents who were concerned by his seeming lack of attachment to those around him.Jared hardly spoke at all and spent all day preoccupied with bouncing his ball off a wall.After a thorough investigation,his pediatrician diagnosed him with _____.

On average,children gain _____ pounds per year during middle and late childhood.

What is bilingual education? What are the positive aspects of bilingual education?