Exam 8: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Which of the following people would be most likely to get an erroneous estimate of obesity when using the BMI method of calculation?

Which of the following is the primary goal of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)?

About what percent of U. S. school children today are receiving some sort of special educational service?

Children with learning disorders tend to have below-average general intellectual ability.

Why has the ratio method of computing IQ been replaced by the deviation method?

The leading cause of death in childhood is asthma.

Mr. Martinez teaches third-grade physical education. To meet national health objectives, he should try to engage students in active physical exercise for at least what percent of their time in his physical education class?

Control processes are strategies and techniques that enhance __________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four aspects of physical fitness conditioning?

If all you know about Rashon is that he is a typical 6-year-old, you would guess that his thinking is undergoing a transition between which of Piaget's stages?

If you were to look at a boy and a girl of average size in two different age groups, age 8 and age 10, who would you expect to be taller in each age group?

Suppose you learn that two children, a 10-year boy and a 10-year old girl, have brains of quite different sizes, with the boy's brain being about 40% larger than that girl's brain. Which of the following conclusions would be the best to draw from this data?

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

The text discusses a study in which African American families in poor neighborhoods were given a chance to move to a better neighborhood. The results of this study emphasize the importance of what factor(s) as a determinant of school achievement and test performance?

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?

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

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has been linked to irregularities in the way which of the following neurotransmitters operates in the brain?

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?

Sometimes intellectual disability is not identified until the child enters formal education.

The process in which specific functions, such as speech, develop in specific regions of the brain is called: