Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

A child is presented with two identical balls of clay. The experimenter rolls one ball into a long, thin shape; the other remains in its original ball form. The child is then asked if there is more clay in the ball or in the long, thin piece of clay. If the child answers the problem correctly but cannot use abstract reasoning yet, the child most likely is in which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory?

Which of the following is the second leading cause of death in U.S. children five to fourteen years of age?

Molly is writing an article for her school newspaper about frequent causes of death in children in middle childhood. Which of the following is the most common cause?

The idea that gifted children are maladjusted is a ________, as Lewis Terman found when he conducted an extensive study of 1,500 children whose Stanford-Binet IQs averaged ________.

Amber is given a Stanford-Binet intelligence test. Her mental age is determined to be 14, and her chronological age is 10. Which of the following is true of Amber?

A child with an IQ of ________ or higher is considered to be gifted.

Louise is teaching her son to read by helping him sound out letters. She also plays a cartoon where the characters repeat the sounds of each letter. Watching her and the characters in the cartoon pronounce the letters, her son makes the effort to read aloud some of the letters. What approach is Louise using to teach her son?

Carl's son has been diagnosed with a learning disability. Since then, Carl has spent a significant amount of time understanding the causes of his disability. He learns that even though several research studies have been conducted, the precise causes have not yet been determined. He comes across a research finding that indicates that it is unlikely that learning disabilities

Identify the theorist who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence.

What are the treatment options available for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Marshall is in the fourth grade. He finds it hard to keep up with his classmates' writing speed. His handwriting is illegible. Therefore, neither his teachers nor his parents can read his notes. He also makes numerous spelling errors because of his inability to match sounds and letters. Marshall likely suffers from ________.

________ is a disability in which children consistently show inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity over a period of time. Some children show a combination of these symptoms.

A person's mental age divided by chronological age (CA) and multiplied by 100 would indicate that person's

Children who have reached the concrete operational stage are also capable of ________, which is the ability to order stimuli along a quantitative dimension (such as length).

Samuel is an 8-year-old boy. He has difficulty solving numerical problems. Hence, he is not able to solve any of the Math tests given by his teacher. His teacher gave him extra assignments and made him attend some remedial classes so that he can improve, but these did not help. His parents finally took him to a doctor, and the doctor diagnosed him with a learning disability called ________, or developmental arithmetic disorder.

Compare convergent thinking with divergent thinking. What are some of the causes of decline in creative thinking in children in the United States?

Which of the following statements about IQ or intelligence is true?

Lillette, 9, has been diagnosed with ________, a cancer in which the bone marrow manufactures an abundance of abnormal white blood cells that crowd out normal cells, making her susceptible to bruising and infection.

Which of the following is a type of intelligence identified in Robert J. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Ellen Winner described three criteria that characterize gifted children. Which of the following is one of these criteria?