Question 1

You are the parent of a normal-size nine-year-old boy. As such, how many calories should you ensure that your child consumes each day so that he maintains a normal rate of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  600 calories 
B)  1,200 calories 
C)  2,400 calories 
D)  4,800 calories

Question 2

Individuals with higher intelligence quotients tend to have higher-paying, higher-prestige jobs within all but which of the following fields?

Accepted Answer

A)  education 
B)  medicine 
C)  law 
D)  engineering

Question 3

When a child writes a paper by jotting down ideas as they are retrieved from memory with no overall organizational plan, he or she is said to be using a knowledge-________ strategy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When a child writes a paper by...

Question 4

Lewis Terman, of ________ University, revised Binet and Simon's test and re-released it in the United States in 1916.

Accepted Answer

A)  Stanford 
B)  Harvard 
C)  Yale 
D)  Tulane

Question 5

Schools that are most successful have staff and students who recognize that a primary emphasis on ________ fosters positive outcomes.

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Question 6

A very popular video aimed at teaching children how to read teaches the following song, using each letter in the alphabet; "The A says "ah," the A says "ah!" Every letter makes a sound, the A says "ah."" The song goes on to do each letter in the same way (e.g., "The B says "buh," etc.) This video is helping kids learn to read by promoting ________ awareness.

Accepted Answer

A)  syntactic 
B)  semantic 
C)  phonological 
D)  syllabic

Question 7

Typically, a child reaching the last of Piaget's stages would be at least ____ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  9 
B)  11 
C)  13 
D)  15

Question 8

Understanding printed language, comprehending language, and knowing vocabulary are all components of ________ intelligence.

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Question 9

In reading, the process of identifying the sounds made by a combined pattern of letters is called

Accepted Answer

A)  word recognition. 
B)  phonological awareness. 
C)  intonation. 
D)  divergent thinking.

Question 10

Dwayne's parents know that he is going to return to elementary school in a few weeks, and his father is budgeting money for new school clothes. He really does not want to buy more than is necessary, and is only interested in replacing items that have been outgrown in recent months. If Dwayne's growth pattern is typical, which of the following will his parents next purchase?

Accepted Answer

A)  a new jacket 
B)  new shirts 
C)  a new sweater 
D)  new pants

Question 11

The fact that children diagnosed with ADHD often act before thinking-like running into the street after a ball without looking to check for traffic-is an example of the ________ symptom of the disorder.

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Question 12

Louanne suffers from the most common type of learning disability. From your reading, you know that she has ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  developmental dyslexia 
B)  impaired reading comprehension 
C)  developmental dyscalculia 
D)  impairment of executive functioning

Question 13

Generally speaking, children tend to write using knowledge-telling strategies before they learn to write using knowledge-transforming strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Describe any six of Gardner's types of intelligences. How did he feel about a person's ability to excel in one or more of these areas?

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Question 15

Compare and contrast metacognitive knowledge and metamemory.

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Question 16

While higher IQ may be related to a person's tendency to be drawn toward certain occupations, research has found that even within an occupation (where educational backgrounds are similar between different people), those with higher IQs have better job performance and higher earnings, particularly for

Accepted Answer

A)  less skilled jobs. 
B)  more complex jobs. 
C)  jobs requiring fluency in at least two languages. 
D)  jobs where one must work in general solitude as opposed to working with others on a regular basis.

Question 17

Which statement concerning ethnicity and intelligence is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The recent discovery of a "smart gene" has led most to believe that intelligence has a strong genetic component. 
B)  Even if ethnic groups differ significantly in intelligence, the difference is likely the result of environmental factors. 
C)  Being economically disadvantaged is related to ethnicity but not to intelligence. 
D)  If intelligence differences within an ethnic group are due to genetics, then intelligence differences between the group and other ethnic groups must be due to genetics.

Question 18

Eddie is a child who has an IQ of 55, and he has difficulty adapting to his surroundings. His pediatrician and other mental health experts have diagnosed him as suffering from intellectual disability. His parents believe that the primary problem for Eddie is inadequate special education services at his school. On which of the four risk factors that place children at risk for intellectual disability are his parents focused?

Accepted Answer

A)  sociocultural factors 
B)  biomedical factors 
C)  educational factors 
D)  behavioral factors

Question 19

Text author Robert Kail won tickets to the Indianapolis 500 auto race by listing all the possible words that could be created from the words "SAFE RACE", which is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  combinatorial reasoning. 
B)  animism. 
C)  functional fixedness. 
D)  object permanence.

Question 20

Through most of the elementary school years, boys and girls are about the same size.

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