Exam 8: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Most researchers today believe that IQ tests measure an individual's intellectual potential - thereby they can predict which children will be more successful in school in the future.

Today, the term most often used instead of "mental retardation" is:

Based on information presented in the text, which of the following is the best explanation for the cause of dyslexia?

Jude learns the concept of subtraction by forming a picture in his mind of removing blocks from one stack and adding them to another stack. His memory strategy is best considered an example of the use of:

If a 5-year-old girl watches an adult pour juice from a tall, thin glass into a short, wide glass, and then she is asked, "Which glass has more juice?" she would typically:

Which of the following would be LEAST likely to contribute positively to the development of literacy?

Which of the following categories of mental retardation would include the largest number of individuals?

Currently about what percent of school-age children in the United States are obese?

Heidi has a series of events that she follows every morning: she takes a shower, dresses, eats breakfast, and rides the bus to school. Her memory of this sequence of events would most likely be organized in the form of: