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

A kind of mental retardation that is caused by a genetic disorder or brain damage.

List and define/describe the three forms of intelligence identified by Robert J.Sternberg.

Knowing about knowing.

This theorist proposed a triarchic theory of intelligence.

Which of the following is most fatiguing to an elementary school child?

What is the percentage of children who were involved in daily physical education programs in the United States in 1999?

Children who are diagnosed with __________ have deficits in social relationships;abnormalities in communication;and restricted,repetitive,and stereotyped patterns of behavior.

Paul has an IQ of 68.He lives in his own apartment and supports himself with a job.He has many friends,goes bowling,and eats out frequently.He has no difficulty adapting to everyday life.According to the definition of mental retardation,Paul is:

Recent trends suggest that the number of children diagnosed and treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)has:

The term "individual differences" in the text discussion of intelligence refers to:

Researchers have found that increased aerobic activity is associated with increases in which important cognitive activity in children?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of concrete operational thought?

Legislation passed in 1975 requiring that all students with disabilities be given a free,appropriate public education.

Sadie has a learning disability and has been placed in a classroom where she is educated in the least restrictive environment possible.This means that Sadie:

List at least three of the negative consequences of obesity in children.

Fewer than 1% of mentally retarded Americans are considered to be:

This theorist argued that convergent thinking and divergent thinking were two qualitatively different ways of thinking.

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,the child most likely is in which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory?

The ability to think about something in novel and unusual ways and to come up with unique solutions to problems is called:

A kind of thinking which produces many different answers to the same questions.