Question 1

A local educational NGO is investigating the idea of mandatory intelligence testing for all students. Write a statement to present to the NGO in favour of the proposal. Next, write a statement to present to the NGO against the proposal.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A local educational NGO is investigating the...

Question 2

____ and _____ are key elements of effective metacognitive knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) Egocentrism; convergent thinking 
B) Centration; animism 
C) Goal selection; strategy monitoring 
D) Divergent thinking; a lack of object permanence

Question 3

Which statement best describes the impact of various factors (for example, biomedical, social) on intellectual disability?

Accepted Answer

A) Some factors affect intellect and other factors affect daily functioning. 
B) These factors affect adults with intellectual disabilities differently than children with intellectual disabilities. 
C) Certain factors guarantee an intellectual disability and others just contribute to its severity. 
D) No individual factor guarantees an intellectual disability, but the risk for intellectual disability grows as more of these factors are present.

Question 4

Who is most likely to be diagnosed with, and treated for, ADHD?

Accepted Answer

A) older children 
B) American children 
C) privileged children 
D) There are no differences in the rate of diagnosis.

Question 5

Gugu is an architect commissioned to design a renovation plan for a private school set in a rural environment. She is excellent at picturing what an existing building would look like with certain modifications. This ability is probably most reflective of a high level of ____ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) personal 
B) bodily-kinesthetic 
C) spatial 
D) intrapersonal

Question 6

Which best describes a knowledge-telling strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Write anything and then check back to find main points. 
B) Write down themes first and facts second. 
C) Write down anything on the topics as it pops into memory. 
D) Decide on key information and write it first.

Question 7

The first memory strategy acquired by most children is:

Accepted Answer

A) chunking. 
B) use of abstraction. 
C) verbal elaboration. 
D) rehearsal.

Question 8

One successful program for teaching writing, the Self-Regulated Strategy Development in Writing program, tells students that _____ is a trick that good writers use.

Accepted Answer

A) SOAP + STONE 
B) BIG + SMALL 
C) WORD + WORDS 
D) POW + TREE

Question 9

Which provides the best example of cognitive self-regulation?

Accepted Answer

A) Having a short-term memory for a phone number you just heard 
B) Realising that some inanimate objects may be capable of self-movement 
C) Deciding that using flashcards helps memorisation of vocabulary terms 
D) Knowing that 4 + 4 = 8

Question 10

Thandi has just come to realise that in order to learn, she must focus her attention on her teacher, not her classmates. This indicates an advance in Thandi's ____ skills.

Accepted Answer

A) divergent thinking 
B) scaffolding 
C) sensory memory 
D) metacognitive knowledge

Question 11

What is the causal relationship between food additives, sugar consumption, and ADHD?

Accepted Answer

A) Both have been shown to be major causes of ADHD. 
B) Only food additives have been shown to be a major cause of ADHD. 
C) Only sugar consumption has been shown to be a major cause of ADHD. 
D) Neither are major causes of ADHD.

Question 12

Exceptional talent is the product of

Accepted Answer

A) both nature and nurture. 
B) nature. 
C) nurture. 
D) education.

Question 13

Roger has a mental age of 10. That means Roger

Accepted Answer

A) is 10 years old. 
B) has an IQ of 100. 
C) is a genius. 
D) passed test problems that an average 10-year-old would pass.

Question 14

Abdul won tickets to the Gaming Convention by listing all the possible words that could be created from the words 'GAMINGRULES'. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

Which child is best characterised as having a phonological awareness disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) Wandie, who squirms around in his seat and does not pay attention to what his teacher is saying. 
B) Neo, who has trouble understanding her teacher because many of the words she says sound alike. 
C) Mpho, who is deaf in her left ear. 
D) Jabu, who is slightly intellectually disordered.

Question 16

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 17

A concrete-operational thinker and a formal-operational thinker are given the following logical statements: (1) If you drop a 10-kilogram bowling ball on your foot, it will tickle. (2) You drop a 10-kilogram bowling ball on your foot. What reaction would you expect?

Accepted Answer

A) Only the concrete-operational thinker would conclude that 'your foot would tickle'. 
B) Only the formal-operational thinker would conclude that 'your foot would tickle'. 
C) Both would conclude that 'your foot would tickle'. 
D) Both would conclude that 'your foot would never tickle' after having a 20-pound bowling ball dropped on it.

Question 18

The definition of a 'learning disability' always includes

Accepted Answer

A) mild intellectual disability. 
B) attention deficit. 
C) a sensory problem. 
D) normal intelligence.

Question 19

Children with developmental dyslexia benefit from two kinds of instruction. Which of these reflects one of these types of instruction?

Accepted Answer

A) Training in phonological awareness 
B) Instruction in vocabulary 
C) Training in memory development 
D) Instruction in social skills

Question 20

Knowledge-telling and knowledge-transforming are types of ____ strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) reading 
B) speaking 
C) spelling 
D) writing

Exam 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood