Question 1

Studies have shown that

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A) early education programs can raise the IQ scores of some children who have been identified as mentally retarded. 
B) mental retardation is a temporary condition,as intellect is a highly canalized trait. 
C) most children identified with mental retardation have been misdiagnosed. 
D) children who have been identified with mental retardation cannot be educateD. 
A) early education programs can raise the IQ scores of some children who have been identified as mentally retarded. 
B) mental retardation is a temporary condition,as intellect is a highly canalized trait. 
C) most children identified with mental retardation have been misdiagnosed. 
D) children who have been identified with mental retardation cannot be educateD.

Question 2

The _____ approach for teaching children to read emphasizes the matching of particular sounds to particular letters on the page of the book.

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A) whole language 
B) code switching 
C) phonics 
D) mainstreaming 
A) whole language 
B) code switching 
C) phonics 
D) mainstreaming

Question 3

Dr.Kalliope is the school psychologist.She gives little Melpomene a set of 19 pictures,and tells her that five of the pictures are the same.She asks Melpomene to put an "X" on each of the identical pictures,and times how long it takes the girl to eliminate all five.Dr.Kalliope is using a ______ procedure.

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A) cross-out 
B) Deese-Roediger-McDermott 
C) visual matching 
D) Brown-Peterson 
A) cross-out 
B) Deese-Roediger-McDermott 
C) visual matching 
D) Brown-Peterson

Question 4

Large-scale observations of first-grade classrooms across the United States have determined that

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A) children spent most of their time working in small groups. 
B) children spent over 50% of their time on mathematics. 
C) children spent most of their time learning problem-solving skills. 
D) children spent most of their time either listening to the teacher or working alone at their seats. 
A) children spent most of their time working in small groups. 
B) children spent over 50% of their time on mathematics. 
C) children spent most of their time learning problem-solving skills. 
D) children spent most of their time either listening to the teacher or working alone at their seats.

Question 5

Which of the following will not contribute to enhancing students' success in elementary school?

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A) Eliminating useless programs in art and music,so the students can concentrate on basic skills 
B) Lengthening the school year 
C) Creating more pre-kindergarten programs 
D) Involving other family members in K-5 education 
A) Eliminating useless programs in art and music,so the students can concentrate on basic skills 
B) Lengthening the school year 
C) Creating more pre-kindergarten programs 
D) Involving other family members in K-5 education

Question 6

Bina is telling her friends about her class trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.She even gives a good,detailed description of walking through a giant human heart.This information seems to have been stored in her _____ memory.

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A) declarative 
B) procedural 
C) verbatim 
D) gist 
A) declarative 
B) procedural 
C) verbatim 
D) gist

Question 7

Studies have shown that the roots of extreme giftedness in children are

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A) entirely genetic in nature. 
B) entirely due to environmental influences. 
C) due to a combination of heritable and environmental factors. 
D) impossible to determine in any meaningful way. 
A) entirely genetic in nature. 
B) entirely due to environmental influences. 
C) due to a combination of heritable and environmental factors. 
D) impossible to determine in any meaningful way.

Question 8

Nadezhda is being tested with the Deese-Roediger-McDermott procedure.If she is 8 years old,we would expect her

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A) to make no mistakes. 
B) to mistakenly remember some new words that rhyme with words actually on the list,but none with similar meanings to those on the list. 
C) to mistakenly remember some new words with meanings similar to those of words actually on the list,but none that rhyme with the words on the list. 
D) to mistakenly remember some new words with meanings similar to those of words actually on the list and other new words that rhyme with words actually on the list. 
A) to make no mistakes. 
B) to mistakenly remember some new words that rhyme with words actually on the list,but none with similar meanings to those on the list. 
C) to mistakenly remember some new words with meanings similar to those of words actually on the list,but none that rhyme with the words on the list. 
D) to mistakenly remember some new words with meanings similar to those of words actually on the list and other new words that rhyme with words actually on the list.

Question 9

Fred and Ricky are identical twins.Lucy and Ethel are fraternal twins.If intelligence is primarily an environmentally-based trait,we would expect that

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A) Lucy's and Ethel's IQ scores would be more similar to each other than Fred's IQ score would be to Ricky's. 
B) Fred's and Ricky's IQ scores would be more similar to each other than Lucy's IQ score would be to Ethel's. 
C) Lucy's and Ethel's IQ scores would be as similar to each other as Fred's IQ score is to Ricky's. 
D) Fred and Ricky would both have lower IQ scores than either Lucy or Ethel. 
A) Lucy's and Ethel's IQ scores would be more similar to each other than Fred's IQ score would be to Ricky's. 
B) Fred's and Ricky's IQ scores would be more similar to each other than Lucy's IQ score would be to Ethel's. 
C) Lucy's and Ethel's IQ scores would be as similar to each other as Fred's IQ score is to Ricky's. 
D) Fred and Ricky would both have lower IQ scores than either Lucy or Ethel.

Question 10

Lengthening the school day for children

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A) always results in better educational outcomes. 
B) may increase children's experimentation with drugs or alcohol due to greater stress. 
C) will be beneficial if the time is spent on basic skills. 
D) can succeed if children are allowed to do things that interest them during the extra time. 
A) always results in better educational outcomes. 
B) may increase children's experimentation with drugs or alcohol due to greater stress. 
C) will be beneficial if the time is spent on basic skills. 
D) can succeed if children are allowed to do things that interest them during the extra time.

Question 11

You are teaching your first graders to read and write.In the beginning of the year,the school puts several computers in your classroom.You can use them most effectively to teach reading and writing if

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A) you show your students how to use the computers to write email messages to people they like. 
B) you give the students complete autonomy in using the computers. 
C) you allow good students to play games on the computers as a reward for their efforts. 
D) you ignore the computers and get on with your teaching. 
A) you show your students how to use the computers to write email messages to people they like. 
B) you give the students complete autonomy in using the computers. 
C) you allow good students to play games on the computers as a reward for their efforts. 
D) you ignore the computers and get on with your teaching.

Question 12

A person's _____ memory stores detailed memories of specific events,such as your first day at school.

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A) declarative 
B) procedural 
C) verbatim 
D) gist 
A) declarative 
B) procedural 
C) verbatim 
D) gist

Question 13

Charles Spearman argued that intelligence was made up of

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A) analytical,creative,and practical abilities. 
B) seven primary mental abilities. 
C) a single factor that he called g. 
D) the abilities measured by a good,standardized IQ test. 
A) analytical,creative,and practical abilities. 
B) seven primary mental abilities. 
C) a single factor that he called g. 
D) the abilities measured by a good,standardized IQ test.

Question 14

Children suffering from _____ have a third copy of chromosome 21 in their DNA.

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A) Fragile X syndrome 
B) Down syndrome 
C) Turner's syndrome 
D) Xenophanes syndrome 
A) Fragile X syndrome 
B) Down syndrome 
C) Turner's syndrome 
D) Xenophanes syndrome

Question 15

Amenti can easily tell that glasses of different shapes will still hold the same amount of water,but she still believes that a long,spread out row of five quarters has more than a scrunched together group of five quarters.Jean Piaget would say that Amenti is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) formal operations. 
B) object permanence. 
C) horizontal decalage. 
D) transitive inference. 
A) formal operations. 
B) object permanence. 
C) horizontal decalage. 
D) transitive inference.

Question 16

Explain why both the phonics and whole language approaches are both necessary to children's development of reading ability.

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Each approach addresses different sets o

Question 17

Hildegard loves to compose intricate,beautiful songs for her church choir.People are usually impressed by how different her music sounds from anyone else's.Robert Sternberg would probably say that Hildegard is high in _____ abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) analytic 
B) creative 
C) practical 
D) mathematical-logical 
A) analytic 
B) creative 
C) practical 
D) mathematical-logical

Question 18

Most children entering the fifth grade have nearly _____ words in their root word vocabularies.

Accepted Answer

A) 8,500 
B) 9,500 
C) 10,500 
D) 12,500 
A) 8,500 
B) 9,500 
C) 10,500 
D) 12,500

Question 19

The HomeNetToo project demonstrated that low-income children who are given computers and access to the Internet at home

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A) could improve their reading comprehension levels and grades. 
B) spent most of their time sending email to their friends. 
C) used the computers primarily to play video games. 
D) used the computers for schoolwork,but did not show any improvement. 
A) could improve their reading comprehension levels and grades. 
B) spent most of their time sending email to their friends. 
C) used the computers primarily to play video games. 
D) used the computers for schoolwork,but did not show any improvement.

Question 20

Lucia is very interested in biology.While studying the apple tree in her back yard,she realizes that it's not only a tree,but it's also a home for the birds,a food source for the woodpecker,part of her mother's landscape design,and a fun thing to climb on.Lucia is demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) class inclusion. 
B) seriation. 
C) conservation. 
D) classification. 
A) class inclusion. 
B) seriation. 
C) conservation. 
D) classification.

Studies have shown that

The _____ approach for teaching children to read emphasizes the matching of particular sounds to particular letters on the page of the book.

Large-scale observations of first-grade classrooms across the United States have determined that

Which of the following will not contribute to enhancing students' success in elementary school?

Bina is telling her friends about her class trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.She even gives a good,detailed description of walking through a giant human heart.This information seems to have been stored in her _____ memory.

Studies have shown that the roots of extreme giftedness in children are

Nadezhda is being tested with the Deese-Roediger-McDermott procedure.If she is 8 years old,we would expect her

Fred and Ricky are identical twins.Lucy and Ethel are fraternal twins.If intelligence is primarily an environmentally-based trait,we would expect that

Lengthening the school day for children

You are teaching your first graders to read and write.In the beginning of the year,the school puts several computers in your classroom.You can use them most effectively to teach reading and writing if

A person's _____ memory stores detailed memories of specific events,such as your first day at school.

Charles Spearman argued that intelligence was made up of

Children suffering from _____ have a third copy of chromosome 21 in their DNA.

Amenti can easily tell that glasses of different shapes will still hold the same amount of water,but she still believes that a long,spread out row of five quarters has more than a scrunched together group of five quarters.Jean Piaget would say that Amenti is demonstrating

Explain why both the phonics and whole language approaches are both necessary to children's development of reading ability.

Hildegard loves to compose intricate,beautiful songs for her church choir.People are usually impressed by how different her music sounds from anyone else's.Robert Sternberg would probably say that Hildegard is high in _____ abilities.

Most children entering the fifth grade have nearly _____ words in their root word vocabularies.

The HomeNetToo project demonstrated that low-income children who are given computers and access to the Internet at home

Lucia is very interested in biology.While studying the apple tree in her back yard,she realizes that it's not only a tree,but it's also a home for the birds,a food source for the woodpecker,part of her mother's landscape design,and a fun thing to climb on.Lucia is demonstrating

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Studies have shown that

The _____ approach for teaching children to read emphasizes the matching of particular sounds to particular letters on the page of the book.

Large-scale observations of first-grade classrooms across the United States have determined that

Which of the following will not contribute to enhancing students' success in elementary school?

Bina is telling her friends about her class trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.She even gives a good,detailed description of walking through a giant human heart.This information seems to have been stored in her _____ memory.

Studies have shown that the roots of extreme giftedness in children are

Nadezhda is being tested with the Deese-Roediger-McDermott procedure.If she is 8 years old,we would expect her

Fred and Ricky are identical twins.Lucy and Ethel are fraternal twins.If intelligence is primarily an environmentally-based trait,we would expect that

Lengthening the school day for children

You are teaching your first graders to read and write.In the beginning of the year,the school puts several computers in your classroom.You can use them most effectively to teach reading and writing if

A person's _____ memory stores detailed memories of specific events,such as your first day at school.

Charles Spearman argued that intelligence was made up of

Children suffering from _____ have a third copy of chromosome 21 in their DNA.

Amenti can easily tell that glasses of different shapes will still hold the same amount of water,but she still believes that a long,spread out row of five quarters has more than a scrunched together group of five quarters.Jean Piaget would say that Amenti is demonstrating

Explain why both the phonics and whole language approaches are both necessary to children's development of reading ability.

Hildegard loves to compose intricate,beautiful songs for her church choir.People are usually impressed by how different her music sounds from anyone else's.Robert Sternberg would probably say that Hildegard is high in _____ abilities.

Most children entering the fifth grade have nearly _____ words in their root word vocabularies.

The HomeNetToo project demonstrated that low-income children who are given computers and access to the Internet at home

Lucia is very interested in biology.While studying the apple tree in her back yard,she realizes that it's not only a tree,but it's also a home for the birds,a food source for the woodpecker,part of her mother's landscape design,and a fun thing to climb on.Lucia is demonstrating

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Physical Development in Middle Childhood

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