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Approximately what percentage of young children have ADD?

10%

Growth in brain sophistication during middle childhood allows the child to direct his focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others. This ability is known as:

selective attention.

The time it takes for someone to respond to a particular stimulus is:

reaction time

An asthmatic child who gets shots in the doctor's office is operating at the ______ level of prevention.

tertiary

Josh has recently been diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder. This means that he could have:

an overactive limbic system

Asperger syndrome is a specific type of autistic ______ disorder.

spectrum

The memory system in which signals are held for less than a second, yet long enough for one to process them further, is:

the sensory memory

Mary, age 10, has asthma. Her parents bought a HEPA filter to reduce the amount of dust in her bedroom. This represents which level of prevention?

Secondary

Evaluating a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish and monitor one's performance is called:

Metacognition

A person's mental age and chronological age are factors used to determine:

intelligence quotient

The ability to understand the connection between one fact and another, even though it is not stated, is called:

transitive inference

The IQ test specifically designed for school-age children is the:

WISC

Jefferson High School has rules and regulations that guarantee student representation in school affairs. John, a senior, has learned that the administration of his high school wants obedience. Obedience at John's school is a(n):

hidden curriculum

You are a professor who believes that our brains work very much like a computer in terms of learning, storing, and retrieving information. With which of the following theories would you most likely agree?

information processing

About two-thirds of all those who take IQ tests score in the “average” range, that is, between 85 and:

115

School-age children move toward more flexible logic as a result of decreasing:

egocentrism

There are no Wechsler Intelligence Scales for:

adolescents

Achievement tests are designed to measure:

how much has been learned

The name for the unspoken and often unrecognized lessons that children learn in school which are the unofficial, unstated, or implicit rules and priorities that influence the academic curriculum and every other aspect of learning in school is:

hidden curriculum

Which of the following abilities is necessary in order for children to be aware of what they already know and what they still need to learn?

metacognition

The belief that our society's obsession with cleanliness and sterile environments may actually increase the risk of asthma is referred to as:

The hygiene hypothesis

The correlation between obesity in parents and obesity in their children tends to be:

positive

Of the following groups, which is most likely to be diagnosed with ADHD in the United States?

third-, fourth-, and fifth- grade children

As José walked to school with Tony, he saw Tony's notebook in his backpack. José rushed back into his house to retrieve his own notebook containing his homework. José's sensation on seeing Tony's notebook became a perception, which then triggered José's:

Working Memory

The group most likely to be taking medication for diagnosed ADHD is comprised of:

boys

The ratio between a person's height and weight is expressed as:

BMI

Most children with learning disabilities:

will find effective strategies for coping with the disability

If Gillian is a typical 6-year-old, she learns as many as ______ new words per day.

Metacognition refers to:

thinking about one's thinking processes.

The average 7 to 11-year-old gains about ______ inches per year.

April is tested on her mastery of college chemistry. She is taking a(n):

achievement test

Frequently, school-age children on a baseball field will shout, “Think fast!” and immediately throw a baseball in the direction of a teammate. What is being tested is the teammate's:

reaction time

Because of better health, smaller families, and more schooling, some nations have exhibited substantial increases in IQ scores. This phenomenon is called the:

Flynn effect

A significant delay in a specific area of learning not associated with a physical handicap, mental retardation, or a stressful environment is an indication of:

a learning disability

Which of the following learning disabilities is difficult to diagnose and is characterized by unusual difficulty with reading?

dyslexia

The most devastating problem for autistic individuals as they grow up is their lack of:

Social understanding

Which of the following studies assesses the math and science skills of fourth- and eighth-graders?

TIMSS

The IQ test designed specifically for preschoolers is the:

WPPSI

A pattern in India in which an underweight infant becomes an overweight child may contribute to which of the following adult illnesses?

diabetes

Children with attention-deficit disorders:

experience difficulty in concentrating

Howard Gardner believes that:

musical ability is a type of intelligence

If an intelligent 8-year-old has unusual difficulty reading, this might be attributed to:

dyslexia

Todd runs around the classroom, can't seem to sit still or concentrate, and is easily excited. With which of the following might Todd be diagnosed?

attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Having a developmental perspective on any special problem that a child might have makes it clear that the symptoms of the problem:

change as the child grows older

Asthma is a disorder caused by ______ of the airways.

inflammation

Being overweight means having a body mass index (BMI) above the ______ percentile of growth charts; obese means having a BMI above the ______ percentile.

85th; 95th

The issue of local control of curriculum versus national standards of achievement is a controversial aspect of:

the No Child Left Behind Act

The information-processing theory likens many aspects of human thinking to the organization and functioning of:

computers

Insights from normal development are applied to the study of childhood disorders in:

developmental psychopathology

With concrete operational thought, children can:

think logically about tangible things

A distinct type of intelligence described by Robert Sternberg is:

practical

Extensive neural myelination allows:

automatization to improve

Developmental psychopathology has given us the following lesson applicable to all children:

abnormality is normal

Seven-year-old Henry has been diagnosed as having both ADHD and dyslexia. Which of the following terms applies to Henry having both conditions together?

comorbidity

The so-called reading wars are most specifically related to:

whole language vs. phonics

In the rankings on fourth-grade math achievement (TIMSS), which one of the following countries did your textbook report to have scored the highest?

singapore

When you look at the rate of growth for children from ages 7 to 11, you see that:

children grow more slowly than they did in early childhood

The approach to second-language learning in which children spend the entire school day instructed in the second language is referred to as the:

immersion approach

Which of the following types of prevention tends to be the most difficult because it involves large-scale societal changes?

primary

Adults understand irony more easily than children do. What aspect of brain development could explain this?

automatization

Aptitude tests are designed to measure:

potential for learning

When children with special needs become adults, their disability usually:

changes- for better or for worse

Kanner describes autism as:

"an extreme aloneness..."

The process by which thoughts and actions are repeated in sequence enough times to no longer require much conscious thought is called:

automatization

One of the major differences in brain development that distinguishes middle childhood is the development of:

automatization

Drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are prescribed to children to treat depression. Common criticisms include:

few such drugs have been studied in relation to their effect on children

Eduardo is in the fourth grade. Part of the instruction in his classroom is conducted in English and part is conducted in Spanish. His classroom demonstrates:

bilingual education

John has the ability to talk informally with his friends and more formally to his teachers when called on in class. This is because John understands the:

pragmatics of his language

Increased cognitive flexibility, linguistic ability, and social awareness make it possible for school-age children to:

understand jokes and metaphors

Robert Sternberg suggested three types of intelligence: creative, practical, and:

academic

Which of the following is a contributor to the decline in neighborhood play among children?

"Stranger danger"

The use of abbreviations in text messages and e-mails, such as LOL, BTW, and RU, are all examples of:

codes

The most current manual for diagnosing mental illness is the:

DSM-IV-TR.

Both the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler are:

intelligence scales

In early childhood, autistic children have difficulty:

with communication

Thuy, from Cambodia, has become fluent in English but has difficulty speaking her native language. Which of the following is true of Thuy?

she has made a language shift

Seven-year-old Hannah can arrange 10 buttons in order from smallest to largest. Her understanding of which of the following concepts allows her to accomplish this?

seriation

Which of the following is one of the reasons for a decline in school exercise programs?

increased emphasis on reading and math knowledge

Although the test you are now taking measures many things, it is supposed to be a test of:

achievement

Joshua and Tiffany have both been diagnosed with ADHD. Who is more likely to be prescribed medication for the condition?

Joshua

Giving a score for spatial intelligence in an intelligence test originates from the theory of:

Howard Gardner

According to Piaget, a child between the ages of 5 and 7 can apply logical principles to:

concrete and visible examples

One's mental age divided by one's chronological age and multiplied by 100 is:

the intelligence quotient

According to Piaget, which of the following abilities do children gain during middle childhood?

logic

The ability to concentrate on certain specific stimuli while ignoring others is called:

selective attention

The DSM-IV-R is a manual for:

diagnosing mental disorders

John has moved to Spain with his family. He attends a public school. All of his school subjects are taught in Spanish. John is learning Spanish through:

immersion

To teach a child a second language through explicit instruction, the most effective approach is to start during:

middle childhood about age 7

Approximately what percentage of young children have ADD?

10 percent

According to the usual definition, a child with a learning disability often:

has no apparent physical handicap

Sara has an IQ of 90, and Chuck's IQ is 114. Sara would be classified as ______ and Chuck as ______.

Average; Average

By the end of middle childhood, the capacity of long-term memory is:

virtually

The group most likely to be taking medication for diagnosed ADHD is comprised of:

boys

About this deck

By: Renata Pernalete
Created: 2012-07-19
Size: 94 flashcards
Views: 248

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