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The period of middle and late childhood involves: |
| | A) | slow, consistent growth. |
| | B) | rapid, consistent growth. |
| | C) | rapid spurts of growth. |
| | D) | moderate growth with occasional spurts. |
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During the elementary school years, body changes occur: |
| | A) | at close to the same rate as they occurred during early childhood. |
| | B) | much more rapidly than they did during early childhood. |
| | C) | in the skeletal and muscular systems. |
| | D) | most significantly in the dermal and subdermal systems. |
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Which pattern best portrays changes in gross and fine motor skills in the elementary school years? |
| | A) | Boys outperform girls on fine motor tasks. |
| | B) | Girls outperform boys on fine motor tasks. |
| | C) | Girls outperform boys on gross motor tasks. |
| | D) | There are no sex differences in the development of gross and fine motor skills. |
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| 4 | |
The most common cancer in children is: |
| | A) | leukemia. |
| | B) | lymphoma. |
| | C) | brain cancer. |
| | D) | neuroblastoma. |
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The most common problem among school children with a learning disability involves: |
| | A) | speaking. |
| | B) | reading. |
| | C) | handwriting. |
| | D) | spelling. |
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Jason, a second-grader, has no trouble with math, science, or art, but he cannot spell, read, or write. Jason is likely to have a(n): |
| | A) | vision impairment. |
| | B) | speech handicap. |
| | C) | learning disability. |
| | D) | attention deficit disorder. |
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Tina suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She is most likely to be experiencing all of the following symptoms EXCEPT: |
| | A) | a short attention span. |
| | B) | high levels of physical activity. |
| | C) | below normal intelligence. |
| | D) | impulsivity. |
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Which of the following class of drugs is most likely to be given to a child to control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? |
| | A) | stimulants |
| | B) | depressants |
| | C) | tranquilizers |
| | D) | relaxants |
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Tyrell understands that his father can be a son and a brother all at the same time. This suggests that Tyrell is in the __________ stage. |
| | A) | sensorimotor |
| | B) | preoperational |
| | C) | concrete operational |
| | D) | formal operational |
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All of the following are criticisms of Piaget's work EXCEPT: |
| | A) | not all concepts of a cognitive stage develop at the same time. |
| | B) | changing the tasks that measure cognitive development changes skills children can exhibit. |
| | C) | children can be trained to do tasks that they should not be able to do given the cognitive stage they are in. |
| | D) | some of the skills Piaget identified appear much later than he suggested. |
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| 11 | |
Aaron is aware of his thinking and understands that he uses certain strategies to help him remember. These skills demonstrate: |
| | A) | memory. |
| | B) | cognition. |
| | C) | metacognition. |
| | D) | abstract reasoning. |
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__________ is defined as verbal ability, problem-solving skills, and the ability to adapt to and learn from life's everyday experiences. |
| | A) | Creativity |
| | B) | Intelligence |
| | C) | Metacognition |
| | D) | Wisdom |
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The purpose of the first intelligence test designed by Alfred Binet and Theophile Simon was to: |
| | A) | identify students who should be placed in special classes. |
| | B) | identify gifted students who should be placed in accelerated training programs. |
| | C) | measure intelligence so that future success could be predicted. |
| | D) | form a basic definition of intelligence and find definitive answers to what intelligence is. |
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Ashley has a mental age of 13 and a chronological age of 10. Thus her intelligence quotient (IQ) is: |
| | A) | 130 |
| | B) | 100 |
| | C) | 77 |
| | D) | 10 |
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Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence includes all of the following abilities EXCEPT: |
| | A) | analytical. |
| | B) | creative. |
| | C) | motivational. |
| | D) | practical. |
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Indira grew up in poverty and first learned to care for herself and her younger brother by selling newspapers and developing "street smarts." Although she never went to school, she has become successful in business. In terms of Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory, which type(s) of intelligence does Indira have? |
| | A) | analytical |
| | B) | creative |
| | C) | practical |
| | D) | emotional |
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Adrienne is an architect. According to Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence, which type of intelligence does Adrienne have? |
| | A) | spatial |
| | B) | mathematical |
| | C) | kinesthetic |
| | D) | naturalist |
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Many of the early intelligence tests favored urban, middle-income, White individuals. These tests are considered to be: |
| | A) | culture-fair. |
| | B) | culture-biased. |
| | C) | culturally differentiating. |
| | D) | normative. |
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Why does it seem to be impossible to devise a universal, culture-fair intelligence test? |
| | A) | We cannot establish norms for the different populations of people who take the test. |
| | B) | Languages are so different that some languages cannot express what other languages can. |
| | C) | Different cultures appear to encourage the development of different intellectual skills or knowledge. |
| | D) | We are beginning to doubt that IQ tests actually measure intelligence. |
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All of the following are potential problems with IQ tests EXCEPT: |
| | A) | scores on an IQ test can easily lead to stereotypes. |
| | B) | IQ tests can be used as the sole indicator of a person's competence. |
| | C) | there may be problems in interpreting the meaningfulness of the overall IQ score. |
| | D) | IQ tests can be used to predict how well a student might be expected to perform in school. |
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Ellen Winner (1996) has described three criteria that characterize gifted children. Which of the following is NOT a criterion? |
| | A) | introversion |
| | B) | precocity |
| | C) | marching to their own drummer |
| | D) | a passion to master |
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Hyun-Joo is asked to come up with as many possible uses of a paper clip as possible. This task requires: |
| | A) | verbal comprehension. |
| | B) | convergent thinking. |
| | C) | divergent thinking. |
| | D) | critical thinking. |
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Mrs. Kumin believes that in early reading instruction, children should be presented with materials in their complete form, such as stories and poems. Which approach does Mrs. Kumin support? |
| | A) | whole-language |
| | B) | basic-skills-and-phonetics |
| | C) | balanced |
| | D) | classical |
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Researchers have found that bilingualism: |
| | A) | has a negative effect on children's cognitive development. |
| | B) | results in children scoring higher than monolingual children on intelligence tests. |
| | C) | confuses children in regards to language development. |
| | D) | results in children scoring lower than monolingual children on intelligence tests. |
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Canadian researchers have shown that second language learning has all of the following effects EXCEPT: |
| | A) | a decline in the performance of students' first language. |
| | B) | a greater tolerance by students for people from other language backgrounds. |
| | C) | a greater consciousness of spoken and written language structure by students. |
| | D) | increased performance at skills that benefit students' reading ability. |
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