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Developmental Psychology > PART 9. PHYSICAL & COGNITIVE DEVLOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD > Flashcards

PART 9. PHYSICAL & COGNITIVE DEVLOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD Flashcards

1
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True or False. Growth in middle childhood slows down.

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True

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True or False. Both grey and white matter increases in middle childhood.

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False. Only WHITE MATTER increases; grey matter decrases.

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True or False. Rough-and-tumble play are participated by boys more than girls.

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True

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This is a vigorous play like wrestling, hitting, and chasing.

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Rough-and-tumble play

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This is a descriptive and evaluative belief about one’s body.

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body image

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Negative thoughts about one’s body.

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body dissatisfaction

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These are illnesses that lasts for a short period of time.

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acute medical conditions

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These are illnesses that persist for at least 3 months.

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chronic medical conditions

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A chronic respiratory disease which results to difficulty in breathing and sudden attacks of coughing and wheezing.

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Asthma

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A common disease in childhood indicated by high levels of glucose because of a defective production of insulin.

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Diabetes

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Piaget’s 3rd stage wherein kids reason logically but not abstractly.

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concrete operational stage (7 to 12)

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12
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Advances in Selected Cognitive Abilities in Middle Childhood

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  1. Spatial thinking
  2. Cause and effect
  3. Categorization
  4. Seriation and transitive inference
  5. Inductive and deductive reasoning
  6. Conservation
  7. Number and mathematics
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13
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Ability to arrange items in order according to a characteristic.

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Seriation

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14
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Understanding of relationships between two objects by comparing them to another object.

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transitive inference

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15
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Understanding of relationship between a whole and its parts.

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class inclusion

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Piaget’s 3 Stages of Moral Development

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  1. rigid obedience to authority (2 to 7)
  2. increasing flexibility (7 to 11)
  3. ideal of equity (11 or 12)
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17
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Ability to deliberately direct attention and shut out distractions.

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Selective attention

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18
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Voluntary suppression of unwanted response.

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Inhibitory control

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19
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Understanding of the memory process.

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Metamemory

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20
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A strategy used to aid the memory.

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Mnemonic device

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A mnemonic strategy that uses something outside the person.

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External memory aids

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A mnemonic strategy used to keep an item in the working memory through repetition.

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Rehearsal

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23
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A mnemonic strategy of categorizing information.

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Organization

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A mnemonic strategy of making mental associations of information.

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Elaboration

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25
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A intelligence scale that assesses children’s verbal and performance scores as well as combined scores.

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)

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26
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A group intelligence test for kindergarten to grade 12.

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Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT 8)

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27
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Intelligence test that aims to have no culturally linked content.

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culture-free test

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28
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Intelligence test that contains questions associated with common experiences, in an attempt to avoid culture bias.

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culture-fair test

29
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It proposes that a person has several distinct forms of intelligence.

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Gardener’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence

30
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It proposes describes the 3 elements of intelligence.

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Sternberg’s Theory of Intelligence

31
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Multiple Intelligence

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  1. linguistic
  2. logical-mathematical
  3. spatial
  4. musical
  5. bodily-kinesthetic
  6. interpersonal
  7. intrapersonal
  8. naturalist
32
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3 elements of intelligence

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  1. componential element (analytic aspect)
  2. experiential element (creative aspect)
  3. contextual element (practical aspect)
33
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It is an assessment that evaluates intelligence through verbal, quantitative, and figurative tests.

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Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test (STAT)

34
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This is the information that is not formally taught or expressed but is necessary to get ahead.

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tacit knowledge

35
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Nontraditional intelligence test created for a fair assessments of minority kids and those with disabilities.

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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC-II)

36
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This test is based on Vygotsky’s theory that emphasizes potential instead of past learning.

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dynamic tests

37
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The social context of language; the way we converse.

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pragmatics

38
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An approach in teaching English by using English only instructions.

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English-immersion approach

39
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Is a system of teaching English by using the native language of the child as instruction but later switches to English.

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bilingual education

40
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A person who is fluent in 2 languages.

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bilingual

41
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A second-language learning wherein English and non-English speakers speak to each other and learn in their own and each other’s languages.

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two-way (dual language) learning

42
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Refers to the process of phonetic analysis by which a printed word is converted to spoken form before retrieval from long-term memory.

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decoding

43
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Is the method in teaching how to read by emphasis on decoding of unfamiliar words.

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phonetic (code-emphasis) approach

44
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Is the method in teaching how to read by emphasis on visual retrieval and use of contextual clues.

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whole-language approach

45
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True or False. Bilingual is more successful than English-immersion approach.

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True

46
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True or False. Bilingual is more successful than two-way (dual language) learning.

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False. Two-way (dual language) learning is more successful than bilingual education.

47
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True or False. Phonetic approach in teaching reading is more supported by research than whole-language approach.

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True

48
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True or False. Experts suggest to use a blend of the best features of phonetic (code-emphasis) approach and whole-language approach.

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True

49
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The process of retrieving the sound of a printed word by seeing the word as a whole.

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visually based retrieval

50
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Thinking about thinking

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Metacognition

51
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Family and community resources on which a person can draw.

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social capital

52
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The cognitive disability or significantly subnormal cognitive functioning.

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intellectual disability

53
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A disorder that interfere with specific aspects of learning and school achievement.

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learning disability

54
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A syndrome marked by persistent inattention, impulsivity, and inappropriate overactivity.

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attention-deficit/hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD)

55
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It is a developmental disorder in which reading achievement is substantially lower than predicted by IQ or age.

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dyslexia

56
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Ability to see situations in a new, different perspective.

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creativity

57
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Produces a variety of fresh, diverse, possibilities.

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divergent thinking

58
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Aimed at finding one right answer to a problem.

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convergent thinking

59
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This deepens the student’s knowledge and skills through extra activities.

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Enrichment programs

60
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This speeds up a child’s education.

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Acceleration programs

61
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This is a form of intelligence that is the using and understanding of words and nuances of meaning.

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linguistic intelligence

62
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It is a form of intelligence which is the ability to manipulate numbers and solve logical problems.

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logical-mathematical intelligence

63
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A form of intelligence in which one can find his/her way around an environment and judge relationships between objects in space.

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spatial intelligence

64
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This is the form of intelligence that perceives and create patterns of pitch and rhythm.

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musical intelligence

65
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Pertains to the form of intelligence which uses precise movements.

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bodily-kinesthetic intelligence

66
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Refers to the form of intelligence that enables one to understand and communicate with others.

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interpersonal intelligence

67
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A form of intelligence that allows a person to understand oneself.

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intrapersonal intelligence

68
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It is the form of intelligence that distinguishes species and their characteristics.

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naturalist intelligence

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