Assignment:
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Please check the following answers and provide the correct ones if mine are wrong. The answers are at the end. Text: Human
Development (8th ed). McGraw. Thanks.
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
1. Computer literacy is
A. to be avoided, if possible
B. becoming a universal requirement
C. cultural
D. unusual in middle childhood
2. Creativity and IQ are
A. closely linked
B. likely to go together
C. not closely linked
D. the same thing
3. In Terman's Study most of the children were
A. millionaires in adulthood
B. well-adjusted and successful
C. below average in IQ
D. mildly retarded
4. Tests of creativity attempt to measure
A. divergent thinking
B. convergent thinking
C. sensory memory
D. working memory
5. In programs for the gifted, minorities are
A. over represented
B. well represented
C. underrepresented
D. none of the above
6. A common standard for identifying gifted children for special programs is an IQ of
A. 130 or higher
B. 200 or higher
C. 65 or higher
D. 44 or higher
7. An understanding of the relationship between two objects by knowing the relationship of each to a third object is
A. class inclusion
B. seriation
C. transitive inference
D. inductive reasoning
8. The ability to order items along a dimension is
A. inductive reasoning
B. seriation
C. class inclusion
D. cross-modal transfer
9. In Piaget's terminology, a child's inability to transfer learning about one type of conservation to other types, because of which the child masters different types of conservation at different ages is called
A. encoding
B. morality of constraint
C. morality of cooperation
D. horizontal decalage
10. In Baddeley's model, the element of working memory that controls the processing of information is the
A. cerebellum
B. islets of langerhans
C. central executive
D. retrieval
11. Understanding the processes of memory is known as
A. central executive
B. storage
C. metamemory
D. encoding
12. A type of logical reasoning that moves from a general premise about a class to a conclusion about a particular member or members of the class is
A. deductive reasoning
B. inductive reasoning
C. metacognition
D. horizontal decalage
13. A developmental disorder in which reading achievement is substantially lower than predicted by IQ or age is
A. ADD
B. ODD
C. Dyslexia
D. Autism
14. A set of linguistic rules that govern the use of language for communication is
A. metacognition
B. pragmatics
C. child directed speech
D. bilingualism
15. Thinking that is aimed at finding the "one right answer" to a problem is
A. divergent thinking
B. convergent thinking
C. enrichment
D. acceleration of ideas
16. The most common learning disability is
A. ADHD
B. dyslexia
C. mental retardation
D. autism
17. The superior achievement of children of East Asian extraction seems to stem from
A. cultural factors
B. homework assigned
C. parental discipline
D. higher IQ
18. The major area of linguistic growth in middle childhood is in
A. vocabulary
B. grammar
C. syntax
D. pragmatics
19. According to Piaget, moral development is
A. linked with cognitive maturation
B. occurs in two stages
C. both a and b
D. neither a nor b
20. In order to reduce injuries and fatalities in middle childhood, parents should
A. keep their children inside as much as possible
B. encourage the use of bicycle helmets
C. encourage children to stay in and watch television
D. avoid riding bicycles
21. Children in the stage of concrete operations are
A. largely limited in their reasoning to the here and now
B. less egocentric than before
C. more proficient at tasks requiring logical reasoning
D. all of the above
22. Rough and tumble play
A. is more common among boys than girls
B. is more common among girls than boys
C. consumes 90% of the free play of middle school children
D. increases dramatically after age 11
23. On the average, children need how many calories per day to maintain growth and development?
A. 3600
B. 2400
C. 4500
D. 6500
24. In middle childhood, boys are
A. slightly larger at the beginning of the period
B. much larger than girls at the end of the period
C. equal in size to girls
D. smaller than girls, as they are through the entire life span
25. Obesity is
A. increasingly rare among U.S. children
B. influenced by genetics and environmental factors
C. less common in U.S. children than in Japanese children
D. a result of parental neglect