Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Antidepressant drugs have received unconditional approval by government regulators for use with children.

If a person has an IQ score that falls in the range of 50 or 55 to 70,this is known as

Obesity in children ages 6-12 has dropped dramatically over the past four decades.

What is the term for a measure of intelligence that takes into account a student's mental and chronological age?

What is the term for the educational setting that is most similar to that of children without special needs?

In the information processing approach,what is the term for the ability to record,store,and retrieve information?

Which of the following is a noteworthy educational innovation,based upon Vygotsky's work,where reading comprehension strategies are taught,allowing the student to take on the role of the teacher?

If a person has the inability to see even at 20 feet what a typical person can see at 200 feet (20/200)after correction,this is known as

Children begin to use reading as a source for learning around

Children are able to demonstrate metamemory awareness as early as the preschool years.

Seven-year-old Marvin and his four-year-old brother are sitting at the table as their mother pours milk into their glasses.Both glasses are the same size and shape.However,Marvin's mother notices a scratch/nick on the lip of his glass,and decides that it is safer if she pours that milk into another glass for Marvin so he doesn't cut his lip.The new glass is shorter and much wider,and when she pours the milk into the new glass Marvin's younger brother laughs and says that now he has more milk than Marvin.However,Marvin is not upset because he knows that he still got the same amount of milk.Marvin is exhibiting

What is the term for the use of more than one language?

The book The Bell Curve argues that the average 15-point difference between Caucasian Americans' and African Americans' IQ is primarily due to

Auditory impairment,which is a special need that involves the loss of hearing or some aspect of hearing,affects ________ percent of the school-age population.

Intelligence tests most frequently used in schools are based on a common idea that intelligence is a single factor or unitary mental ability called

Some developmentalists suggest that two kinds of intelligence exist.What is the term for the accumulation of information,skills,and strategies that people have learned through experience and that they can apply in problem-solving situations?

What is the term that refers to the period of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age,which is characterized by the active and appropriate use of logic?

The causes of learning disorders,while not well understood,are generally attributed to

At which stage does a child learn phonological recoding skills and start to read?

Bilingual students often have greater metalinguistic awareness.