Exam 13: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Eight-year-old Lucas is shown a ball of brown clay,which is then rolled out into a large,flat disk.He is asked whether the disk contains the same amount of clay."It's the same amount," Lucas says,"because I could just make it into a ball again." In Piaget's terminology,Lucas understands the principle of

Omar is a remarkable gymnast,hoping for a spot on the Olympic Team.According to Gardner,Omar would score high on _____ intelligence.

The mental ability that is essential to creativity is known as

In Piaget's first stage of moral development,a child

Chris is focusing on and reviewing his understanding of what he has been reading.He is using a _____ strategy.

In research that was based on Vygotsky's social interaction model,which children were likely to write stories with fewer errors?

The incidence of ADHD among school-age children worldwide is ___ percent.

Patty knows that Tysen,her friend from school,is taller than she is.She also knows that she is taller than her new friend Joseph,whom she met at summer camp.Without seeing the two of them together,Patty realizes that Tysen is taller than Joseph.Piaget would say that this demonstrates:

Children who do well in school often have parents who are _____ and who stress _____ rewards for doing good work.

Parents are very interested in knowing what their children's IQ is.Describe the traditional approach that schools use to measure intelligence in childhood.Compare this approach to those of Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner.

Piaget divided the development of children's moral reasoning into

Roberto says,"All dogs bark.Spot is a dog.Therefore,Spot barks." This is an example of

When teachers develop classroom lessons that deal with the development of conservation,they must be aware that Piaget stressed the role of

According to research,dyslexia

Creativity and IQ are closely linked.

Lucy is trying to remember all the things that she has to do after school.She develops a little story in her head that includes all of her after-school tasks.Which memory strategy links items together in a story or scene?

Mrs.Howard has set up different stations in her classroom for a mathematics lesson.Each station emphasizes a different way of learning such as music,discussion,body movements,floor layouts,and metacognitive exercises.This approach is consistent with

According to Piaget's theory,which of the following statements about moral development is FALSE?

_____ refers to knowledge about the processes of memory.

The Nelsons were against having their son,Cayden,tested at school.The teacher told them that a significant advantage of taking an intelligence test is that it