Question 1

Some children who are diagnosed with ADHD take ________ medications.

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Question 2

Elevated cholesterol or high blood pressure among children is most closely associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Asthma 
B)  Obesity 
C)  Their genetic predisposition 
D)  The abuse of weight-loss diets

Question 3

Class ________ is the understanding that subordinate categories are included in larger superordinate categories.

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Question 4

Laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets are estimated to reduce death rates due to bicycle accidents by as much as ____?

Accepted Answer

A)  25% 
B)  50% 
C)  75% 
D)  100%

Question 5

A child who can tell you what study methods work best for different subjects or what subjects are hardest for her to learn would be displaying which of the following skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  Automaticity 
B)  Expertise 
C)  Deductive logic 
D)  Metacognition

Question 6

Summarize the characteristics of ADHD.

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Question 7

Which of the following is considered to be the basis of children's cognitive development, according to most theorists?

Accepted Answer

A)  The age at which executive processes are developed 
B)  The emotional maturity that enables children to better discern the subtle aspects of their world. 
C)  Increases in processing efficiency with age 
D)  The ability to develop and employ rules and strategies for problem-solving

Question 8

The attention span of the average fourth-grader is much longer than that of the average first grader. Which of the following biological changes is primarily responsible for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increased growth of the corpus callosum 
B)  Continued myelination of the optic neurons and their connections to the occipital lobe 
C)  Continued myelination of the frontal lobes and reticular formation and the nerves that link the two 
D)  Rapid growth of the reticular formation

Question 9

In the balance scale test performed by Siegler, Anthony it trying to take into account both distance and weight, but becomes confused when the information is conflicting. Which rule is Anthony using?

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Question 10

Where are the primary sites of brain growth between 6 and 10 years of age?

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Question 11

Which of the following best defines inductive logic?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability to use experience to create a general principle 
B)  The ability to use a general principle to predict a specific outcome 
C)  An abstract concept related to conservation principles 
D)  The understanding that superficial changes to the appearance of an object do not change the essence or the reality of the object

Question 12

At the beginning of the 21st century, approximately what percentage of U.S. classrooms had at least 1 ELL student?

Accepted Answer

A)  25% 
B)  50% 
C)  75% 
D)  100%

Question 13

Which type of tests are designed to access specific information that is taught, and hopefully learned, at school?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aptitude tests 
B)  Intelligence tests 
C)  Achievement tests 
D)  Cognitive tests

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a derived word?

Accepted Answer

A)  Legal 
B)  Meaningless 
C)  Ambiguous 
D)  Vacation

Question 15

Which of the following terms applies to thinking about how to think?

Accepted Answer

A)  Knowledge 
B)  Metacognition 
C)  Abstract reasoning 
D)  Cognition

Question 16

Micah knows the difference between cedar and juniper trees. According to Gardner, what type of intelligence is Micah displaying?

Accepted Answer

A)  Naturalist 
B)  Spatial 
C)  Logical 
D)  Inductive

Question 17

Which of the following represents the key contrast between Piaget's and Siegler's views on children's cognitive development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Processing efficiency versus short-term storage capacity 
B)  Horizontal decalage versus relative left-right orientation 
C)  Metacognition versus executive processes 
D)  Age versus experience

Question 18

Which of the following is the best example of a child's use of deductive logic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sam's mother showed him an apple cut into two pieces and an apple cut into four pieces and asked him which one was more apple. Sam was able to reply correctly, "They are the same." 
B)  For her assignment in language arts class, Lateefah wrote a paper about what her life would be like if she were a boy. 
C)  Yousef has learned that if he is kind and cooperative with his peers, they will be nice to him. 
D)  Muhammed has learned that he is better at language arts than math, so he has to spend more time and work harder on his math lessons.

Question 19

A successful professional basketball player would need to possess ________ intelligence.

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Question 20

On which of the following does a child's capacity for creativity depend?

Accepted Answer

A)  The amount of knowledge they have about a topic 
B)  Their metacognitive skills 
C)  Their executive processing strategies 
D)  Their short-term memory abilities

Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood