Chapter 7

Question 1

This is common in middle childhood regarding sight and more commonly in developing countries

Answer 1

Wearing glasses because of nearsightedness ; myopia

Question 2

This is a measure of the ratio weight to height

Answer 2

BMI

Question 3

Of all age groups in the life span ______ years old have the lowest BMI

Answer 3

6-10 ; middle childhood

Question 4

Boys and girls grow stronger during this stage

Answer 4

Middle childhood

Question 5

About _____ of children in developed countries need glasses by the end of the middle childhood

Answer 5

1/4

Question 6

In both developed and developing countries _____ rates are lower than any other period of life span

Answer 6

Death

Question 7

This is a chronic illness of the lungs characterized by wheezing coughing and shortness of breath ; this is also highest in middle childhood

Answer 7

Asthma

Question 8

During middle childhood, there is an increase in myelination of the __________ that accelerates the reaction time for both boys and girls

Answer 8

Corpus callosum

Question 9

By the time Shawna has reached the end of the middle childhood, what abilities are close to adult maturity

Answer 9

Fine motor abilities

Question 10

For 6 year- old Emanuel , which of the fine motor tasks is developmentally appropriate

Answer 10

Writing the letters of the alphabet writing his name and writing numbers from 1-10

Question 11

Most common cause of injury in middle childhood is

Answer 11

Auto accidents and bicycle

Question 12

What is the current understanding of how genetics influence obesity?

Answer 12

It only provides a risk for overweight and obesity

Question 13

Are boys or girls more susceptible to asthma

Answer 13

Boys

Question 14

Piaget termed the cognitive stage from age 7- 11 as

Answer 14

Concrete operation

Question 15

In this cognitive stage children begin to mentally organize and manipulate information instead of relying on physical or sensory associations

Answer 15

Concrete operations

Question 16

What are three advances in concrete operations

Answer 16

Conversation
Classification
Seriation

Question 17

This is the ability to arrange things in a logical order such as shortest to longest

Answer 17

Seriation

Question 18

What are two areas that advances in information processing in middle childhood

Answer 18

Attention

Memory

Question 19

Ability to focus attention on relevant information and disregard what is irrelevant

Answer 19

Selective attention

Question 20

Children who have difficulties maintaining attention will be diagnosed with this which includes hyperactivity, impulsiveness and attention problems

Answer 20

ADHD

Question 21

Memory strategies such as rehearsal , organization and elaboration

Answer 21

Mnemonics’s

Question 22

Mnemonic that involves repeating the same information over and over

Answer 22

Rehearsal

Question 23

Mnemonic that involves placing things mentally into meaningful categories

Answer 23

Organization

Question 24

Mnemonic that involves transforming bits of information in a way that connects them and hence makes them easier to remember

Answer 24

Elaboration

Question 25

Understanding of how memory works

Answer 25

Metamemory

Question 26

What is the most widely used intelligence tests are

Answer 26

Wechsler scales

Question 27

Steep rise in the median IQ score in western countries during the 20 th century

Answer 27

Flynn effect

Question 28

What is one relationship that was seen in the research of the Flynn effect

Answer 28

That IQ rose especially in more developed areas when infectious diseases were controlled by vaccines

Question 29

What are the eight distinct types of intelligence in Gardners theory of multiple intelligences

Answer 29

``` Linguistic Musical Logical/ mathematical Spatial Bodily - kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalist ```

Question 30

What are the three distinct but related forms of intelligence in Sternbergs triarchic theory of intelligence

Answer 30

Analytical Creative Practical

Question 31

What is one aspect of language that improves in middle childhood which can be seen in humor

Answer 31

Pragmática

Question 32

Capable of using two languages

Answer 32

Bilingual

Question 33

What language is the most common 2nd language in the world

Answer 33

English

Question 34

Method of teaching reading that advocates breaking down words into their component sounds, called phonics together into words

Answer 34

Phonics approach

Question 35

Method of teaching reading in which emphasis is on the meaning of written language in whole passages rather than breaking down words into their smallest components

Answer 35

Whole language approach

Question 36

Most children become able readers by

Answer 36

Grade 3

Question 37

Learning disability that includes difficulty sounding out letters ; learning to spell words and a tendency to misperceive the order of letters in words

Answer 37

Dyslexia

Question 38

Who are 3 x more likely to have the disability dyslexia

Answer 38

Boys

Question 39

What does the ESM conclude in regards to middle childhood

Answer 39

That it is a time of contentment and emotional stability

Question 40

Ambivalence

Answer 40

Emotional state of experiencing two contradictory emotions at once

Question 41

How we view and evaluate ourselves

Answer 41

Self concept

Question 42

Persons overall sense of worth and well being

Answer 42

Self esteem

Question 43

In middle childhood parents and children move away from direct parental control and toward ______.

Answer 43

Coregulation

Question 44

The principle that people tend to prefer being around others who are like themselves

Answer 44

Selective association