1. Which of the following groups are most likely to participate in sports teams?
a.children with disabilities
b.children from low-income families
c.children from middle-class families
d.children who are not well coordinate
2. The ability to understand the connection between one fact and another, even though it is not stated is called:
a.transitive thinking
b.abstract reasoning
c.intuition
d.transitive inference
3. Children 13 years and older continue to build their vocabulary with an emphasis more on ________ than on_________.
a. comprehension; speech
b. speech; comprehension
c. pronunciation’ comprehension
d. comprehension; grammar
4. Compared to children from middle-class families, a characteristic of children from low-SES families is that their:
a. grammar is simpler.
b. vocabularies are larger.
c. sentences are longer.
d. sentences are more complex.
5. Which of the following statements is true regarding gender differences in math and reading abilities?
a. Boys are better at math, and girls are better at reading across all cultures.
b. In Asian countries, girls score consistently higher in math than boys.
c. Differences between nations are far greater than differences between genders.
d. In Scotland, boys average several points higher in reading than girls.
6. In childhood, how children react to a serious stressor depends primarily on:
a. what the stressor is.
b. how many other stressors are present.
c. whether the stress is economic.
d. whether the stressor affects other siblings.
7. The crucial question regarding family structure is:
a. Whatever the structure, does it fulfill the five essential functions for school-age children?
b. What structure will our culture prefer?
c. What structure meets most of the needs of its members.
d. Which of the five essential functions are fulfilled in which structure?
8. Which of the following is most likely to have a healthy sense of self-esteem?
a. Marcia, who appreciates herself but dislikes others.
b. Bart, who does well in school but keeps to himself because he is overweight.
c. Chang, who appreciates himself and other children equally
d. Kaitlin, who has a very close group of friends who are all very similar to her.