Chapter 11: School Years

Question 1

Ages during middle childhood?

Answer 1

7-11 years

Question 2

What is automatization?

Answer 2

The process by which thoughts and actions are repeated in sequence until they become routed or automatic and need little conscious thought.

BECOMES EASIER AND FASTER WIHT MYENILATION

Question 3

Motor Skills:

a child has faster ____ ____ when reacting to a stimulus

Answer 3

REACTION TIME

Question 4

What is an aptitude test?

Answer 4

Test of ability in intelligence skills:

APTITUDE: potential to learn
IQ TEST: measure intellectual aptitude
ACHIEVEMENT: what a person has learned

Question 5

what does WISC stand for?

Answer 5

Weschsler Intelligence Scale for Testing

Question 6

How do you calculate IQ?

Answer 6

= (mental age/chronological age) x 100

Question 7

What does DSM stand for?

Answer 7

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Question 8

What are pervasive developmental disorders?

Answer 8

Severe problems that affect many aspects of psychological growth (autism, aspergers, retts)

Question 9

Describe Autism

Answer 9

inability to relate in ordinary ways to others
extreme self absorption
inability to learn normal speech

Question 10

Describe Aspergers

Answer 10

Less severe autism
good communication
poor social perceptions

Question 11

Describe ADHD

Answer 11

hyperactivity
lack of concentration, excitability, impulsivity, easily frustrated and quick tempered.

HALF have a learning disability

Question 12

“Learning disabled” can be marked by

Answer 12

delay in particular area of learning that is not associated with physical handicap