Exam 8: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Who proposed a theory of intelligence that identified eight distinct intelligences, including linguistic intelligence and logical-mathematical intelligence?

The term literacy refers to:

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

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

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

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

Who proposed the triarchic concept of intelligence?

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.

The original purpose for developing the first intelligence tests in the early part of the twentieth century was:

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the whole-language viewpoint about literacy?

If you were to observe a sample of brain tissue that was mostly composed of myelin and contained relatively few cell bodies, you would refer to this type of brain tissue as:

The most prevalent chronic disease among children living in the United States is ___________; and the percentage of children affected by this disease is ____________.

Which of the following statements about asthma is false:

In a study of severely impoverished Romanian children who were adopted into British families, the group that showed the least amount of improvement was the group that was:

Suppose that Lucy is 6 years old and she is answers the same number of questions on an intelligence test as the average 8-year-old. Her mental age would be:

According to the text, many studies find that boys are more athletic than girls during middle childhood. Research suggests that the major reason for this difference is:

26 Generalizing from data presented in the text, which of the following children would have the greatest chance of suffering from asthma?

3 Which of the following children would you expect to grow the least during a 6-month period of time?

In a study of severely impoverished Romanian children who were adopted into British families, a particular adjustment problem was seen among several of the children. This problem centered on the Romanian children's difficulties with:

Suppose that a friend tells you that he is concerned about "gender bias" in his daughter's classroom. Which of the following is the best description of what is typically meant by this term: