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Question 1

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Answer 1

A person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters

Question 2

Overweight

Answer 2

In a child, having a BMI above the 85th percentile, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s 1980s standards for children of a given age.

Question 3

Obesity

Answer 3

In a child, having a BMI above the 95th percentile, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s 1980s standards for children of a given age.

Question 4

Asthma

Answer 4

A chronic disease of the respiratory system in which inflammation narrows the airways from the nose and mouth to the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing. Signs and symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing.

Question 5

Reaction Time

Answer 5

The time it takes to respond to a stimulus, either physically (with a reflexive movement such as an eye-blink) or cognitive (with a thought)

Question 6

Selective Attention

Answer 6

The ability to concentrate on some stimuli while ignoring others.

Question 7

Automatization

Answer 7

A process in which repetition of a sequence of thoughts and actions makes the sequence routine, so that it no longer requires conscious thought.

Question 8

Aptitude

Answer 8

The potential to master a specific skill or to learn a certain body of knowledge.

Question 9

IQ Test

Answer 9

A test designed to measure intellectual aptitude, or ability to learn in school. Originally, intelligence was defined as mental age divided bu chronological age times 100-hence the term intelligence quotient, or IQ.

Question 10

Achievement Test

Answer 10

A measure of mastery or proficiency in reading, mathematics, writing, science, or some other subject.

Question 11

Flynn Effect

Answer 11

The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the decades in many nations.

Question 12

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 12

The idea that human intelligence is comprised of a varied set of abilities rather than a single, all-encompassing one.

Question 13

Developmental Psychopathology

Answer 13

The field that uses insights into typical development to understand and remediate developmental disorders.

Question 14

Comorbid

Answer 14

Refers to the presence of two or more unrelated disease conditions at the same time in the same person.

Question 15

Multifinality

Answer 15

A basic principle of developmental psychopathology that holds that one cause can have many (multiple) final manifestations

Question 16

Equifinality

Answer 16

A basic principle of developmental psychopathology that holds that one symptom can have many causes.

Question 17

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Answer 17

A condition in which a person not only has great difficulty concentrating for more than a few moments but also is inattentive, impulsive, and overactive.

Question 18

Bipolar Disorder

Answer 18

A condition characterized by extreme mood swings, from euphoria to deep depression, not caused by outside experiences.

Question 19

Learning Disability

Answer 19

A marked delay in a particular area of learning that is not caused by an apparent physical disability, by mental retardation, or by an unusually stressful home environment.

Question 20

Dyslexia

Answer 20

Unusual difficulty with reading; thought to be the result of some neurological underdevelopment.

Question 21

Autism

Answer 21

A developmental disorder marked by an inability to relate to other people normally, extreme self-absorption, and an inability to acquire normal speech.

Question 22

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Answer 22

Any of several disorders characterized by inadequate social skills, impaired communication, and unusual play.

Question 23

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

Answer 23

A legal requirement that children with special needs be assigned to the most general educational context in which they can be expected to learn.

Question 24

Response to Intervention (RTI)

Answer 24

An educational strategy, intended to help children in early grades who demonstrate below-average achievement by means of special intervention.

Question 25

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

Answer 25

A document that specifies educational goals and plans for a child with special needs.

Question 26

Acceleration

Answer 26

Educating gifted children alongside other children of the same mental, not chronological, age.