Question 1

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,Fifth Edition,

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A)  provides separate scores for analytical, creative, and practical intelligence. 
B)  emphasizes crystallized knowledge. 
C)  assesses five intellectual factors. 
D)  does not include a nonverbal mode of testing.

Question 2

School programs for gifted children

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A)  hold very high expectations and reinforce convergent thinking. 
B)  are primarily offered in private or magnet schools. 
C)  should separate students from their less gifted peers. 
D)  most commonly pull children out of regular classrooms for instruction.

Question 3

Which of the following U.S.children is the most likely to suffer from asthma?

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A)  Ginger, an overweight Hispanic girl 
B)  Ellysa, an African-American girl who lives in poverty 
C)  Meghan, a high-SES Asian girl 
D)  Tanya, a Caucasian girl who lives in a rural area

Question 4

Describe a social-constructivist classroom.Describe some other educational themes that have been inspired by Vygotsky's emphasis on the social origins of higher cognitive processes.

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Question 5

Compared with preschoolers,school-age children

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A)  have more balance problems. 
B)  are physically less pliable and elastic. 
C)  are quicker and have more accurate movements. 
D)  have a decreased capacity to react to only relevant information.

Question 6

During middle childhood,boys outperform girls in

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A)  drawing. 
B)  agility. 
C)  throwing. 
D)  hopping.

Question 7

Research reveals that the rise in childhood obesity is due in part to

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A)  a lack of physical play space in many neighborhoods and schools. 
B)  the increasing number of hours children sleep at night. 
C)  the many hours children spend watching television. 
D)  ineffective health education in the primary grades.

Question 8

Children who are fluent in two languages

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A)  are behind in detection of errors in grammar and meaning. 
B)  outperform others on tests of cognitive flexibility. 
C)  have difficulty on selective attention tasks. 
D)  are behind in reading achievement tests in both languages.

Question 9

Compare and contrast the whole-language approach and the phonics approach to teaching reading.How do children learn best?

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Question 10

Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's 1994 book,The Bell Curve,argues that

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A)  IQ variations are largely determined by differences in environment. 
B)  heredity contributes substantially to individual and SES differences in IQ. 
C)  ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded. 
D)  IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan.

Question 11

Compared to their peers,__________ are at greater risk for developing asthma.

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A)  children who live in rural areas 
B)  middle-SES children 
C)  Asian children 
D)  boys

Question 12

People in non-Western cultures who lack formal schooling

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A)  are especially likely use memory strategies. 
B)  need to use memory strategies for day-to-day problem solving. 
C)  use more elaboration than rehearsal or organization. 
D)  rarely benefit from instruction in memory strategies.

Question 13

Tanner is a Native American with a sixth-grade education.When completing tasks with his children,Tanner works together with them in a coordinated,fluid way,each focusing on the same aspect of the problem.Tanner uses a(n)__________ style of communication.

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A)  collaborative 
B)  objective 
C)  hierarchical 
D)  knowledge-training

Question 14

Howie solves arithmetic word problems but rarely draws pictures.According to Case's neo-Piagetian theory,Howie probably displays __________ thinking in __________.

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A)  more advanced; solving word problems 
B)  egocentric; solving word problems 
C)  more advanced; drawing 
D)  egocentric; both drawing and solving word problems

Question 15

Many experts recommend that the content of physical education programs be changed to emphasize

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A)  training in competitive sports. 
B)  individual exercise. 
C)  activities demanding a high level of skill. 
D)  grades.

Question 16

Seven-year-old Paolo can efficiently arrange a series of sticks of different lengths from shortest to longest.Paolo has developed an ability called

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A)  classification. 
B)  decentration. 
C)  spatial reasoning. 
D)  seriation.

Question 17

Research shows that obesity has caused a dramatic rise in cases of __________ in children.

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A)  asthma 
B)  diabetes 
C)  tuberculosis 
D)  heart disease

Question 18

Hank is skilled at discriminating complex inner feelings and using them to guide his behavior.According to Gardner,Hank is advanced in __________ intelligence.

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A)  interpersonal 
B)  bodily-kinesthetic 
C)  intrapersonal 
D)  general

Question 19

Which intellectual factor of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,Fifth Edition,is the most likely to contain culturally biased problems?

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A)  visual-spatial processing 
B)  quantitative reasoning 
C)  working memory 
D)  basic information processing

Question 20

Research on nutrition indicates that

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A)  malnutrition that persists into the school years rarely leads to permanent physical or mental damage. 
B)  eating an evening meal with parents leads to a diet lower in fast foods and soft drinks. 
C)  the percentage of children who eat dinner with their families increases slightly between ages 9 and 14. 
D)  school-age children often become picky eaters, but mild nutritional deficits rarely affect growth or cognitive functioning.

Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood