Exam 8: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Of the children in the United States who have a mental disorder, about what percent receive appropriate diagnosis and treatment?

The "ditch the fizz" campaign discussed in the text helped overweight children lose weight by:

It is not unusual for a teacher to spend only 10 to 15% of a 30-minute class period on academic work.

Addition and subtraction math problems rely on a child's ability to understand which of the following Piagetian concepts?

Nine-year-old Kimberly is presented with a list of words to memorize. She groups the words by common features. For instance, she groups the words "dog," "cat," and "horse" as animals. What strategy does she use to help her remember the list?

About 96% of the general U.S. population score between IQs of:

The disorder characterized by disturbances in social interaction, communication, and behavior is:

The text states that there has been a gradual evolution in how intellectual disability is regarded. In general, what change is at the center of that evolution in thinking?

According to the text, in Western nations, middle childhood extends from about age:

The average 10-year-old child has an IQ of ______; and the average 50-year-old adult has an IQ of_______:

According to David McClelland, all children seek to be successful. He referred to this need for success and excellence as:

Ron remains stuck in the early stages of reading, making errors such as confusing the letters "b" and "d." What learning disability does he most likely have?

In Sternberg's model, the type of intelligence measured by typical IQ tests is called:

Generalizing from the text's discussion about the distribution of intelligence in the population, about what percept of the population would you expect to be diagnosed as having an intellectual disability?

At what age do children typically begin to lose their primary teeth?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main learning disorders recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

Robert is in 5th grade. He scores at the average on a test of intelligence, is doing math problems at the 7th grade level, but is reading at the 1st grade level, despite his efforts to learn. Robert would most likely qualify for a diagnosis of:

What two factors are considered in computing a child's BMI (Body Mass Index)?

Compared to the first two years of life, growth during middle childhood is:

Tommy appears to not care at all about the quality of the school work he does. When asked, he says things like: "School is stupid. No one should try hard. Learning is useless." Using the terms identified by David McClelland, you would conclude that Tommy has: