DEV CHAPTER 5 | MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD

Question 1

the child does not spontaneously use a memory strategy and must be prompted to do so

Answer 1

PRODUCTION DEFICIENCY

Question 2

the construct that the different abilities and skills measured on intelligence tests have in common

Answer 2

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE FACTOR (G)

Question 3

The ability to think and reason about objects in three dimensions

Answer 3

Spatial

Question 4

Middle childhood seems to be a great time to introduce children to ____,

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SPORTS

Question 5

the ability to demonstrate common sense and street-smarts.

Answer 5

PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE

Question 6

a form of competition with the medium being video games.

Answer 6

ESPORTS

Question 7

problems with pitch, loudness, and quality of the voice

Answer 7

VOICE DISORDERS

Question 8

as children’s experiences and vocabularies grow, they build schemata and are able to organize objects in many different ways.

Answer 8

CLASSIFICATION

Question 9

refers to children using an appropriate strategy, but it fails to

Answer 9

UTILIZATION DEFICIENCY

Question 10

BRAIN GROWTH

Answer 10

Two major brain growth spurts occur during middle/late childhood (6-8) significant improvements in fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination are noted.

Question 11

The ability to recognize, identify, and understand animals, plants, and other living things

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Naturalistic

Question 12

develop a measure that would identify children who would not be successful with the regular school curriculum.

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french psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1914), Théodore Simon (1872–1961), French government

(General (g) versus Specific (s) Intelligences (1904-1905))

Question 13

people may display more or less analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence

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TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE (Robert Sternberg)

Question 14

consistent over time

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RELIABLE

Question 15

lack of recognition from parents that children are overweight or obese.

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OBLIVOBESITY

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GRAMMAR AND FLEXIBILITY

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Older children are also able to learn new rules of grammar with more flexibility.

Question 17

refers to the inability to correctly produce speech sounds (phonemes) because of imprecise placement, timing, pressure, speed, or flow of movement of the lips, tongue, or throat

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ARTICULATION DISORDER

Question 18

measure of general intelligence made up of a wide variety of tasks, including vocabulary, memory for pictures, naming of familiar objects, repeating sentences, and following commands..

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STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE TEST

Question 19

the most widely used intelligence test for adults

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WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)

Question 20

the ability to generate many different ideas or solutions to a single problem

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DIVERGENT THINKING

Question 21

refers to the knowledge we have about our own thinking and our ability to use this awareness to regulate our own cognitive processes

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METACOGNITION

Question 22

people who score low on intelligence tests overall, but who nevertheless may have exceptional skills in a given domain

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AUTISTIC SAVANTS

Question 23

knowledge in particular areas that makes learning new information easier.

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KNOWLEDGE BASE

Question 24

The current measurement for determining excess weight which expresses the relationship of height to weight.

Answer 24

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

Question 25

OVERALL PHYSICAL GROWTH

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Rates of growth generally slow during these years. Typically, a child will gain about 5-7 pounds a year and grow about 2-3 inches per year

Question 26

a measure of intelligence that is adjusted for age

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INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ)

Question 27

child learns that some things that have been changed can be returned to their original state

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REVERSIBILITY

Question 28

Those in middle and late childhood are also able to think of objects in less literal ways.

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NEW UNDERSTANDING

Question 29

which is the age at which a person is performing intellectually

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MENTAL AGE

Question 30

affect the rate of speech. Speech may be labored and slow, or too fast for listeners to follow. The most common fluency disorder is stuttering.

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FLUENCY DISORDERS

Question 31

a measure of specific skills in narrow domains.

Answer 31

SPECIFIC INTELLIGENCE “S”

Question 32

assessed based on cognitive capacity (IQ) and adaptive functioning.

Answer 32

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (OR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER)

Question 33

a detailed examination of beliefs, courses of action, and evidence, involves teaching children how to think.

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CRITICAL THINKING

Question 34

The ability to understand and interact effectively with others

Answer 34

Interpersonal

Question 35

The ability to speak and write well

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Linguistic

Question 36

For many children, _______________ is a key component in introducing children to sports

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Question 37

one of the reasons that children can classify objects in so many ways

Answer 37

VOCABULARY

Question 38

a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome.

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DOWN SYNDROME,

Question 39

The ability to have insight into the self

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Intrapersonal

Question 40

no longer focus on only one dimension of any object (such as the height of the glass) and instead consider the changes in other dimensions too (such as the width of the glass)

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DECENTRATION:

Question 41

The ability to perform and enjoy music

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Musical

Question 42

sounds, syllables, or words are repeated or last longer than normal.

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STUTTERING

Question 43

involves giving it to a large number of people at different ages and computing the average score on the test at each age level

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STANDARDIZATION

Question 44

the ability to inhibit irrelevant information improves, a sharp improvement in selective attention (6-adolescence)

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ATTENTION

Question 45

The ability to move the body in sports, dance, or other physical activities

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Kinesthetic (body)

Question 46

decreased participation in school physical education and youth sports is just one of many factors that has led to an increase in children being overweight or obese

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CHILDHOOD OBESITY

Question 47

IDENTITY

Answer 47

objects have qualities that do not change even if the object is altered in some way.

Question 48

the pattern of scores usually observed in a variable that clusters around its average.

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NORMAL DISTRIBUTION (OR BELL CURVE)

Question 49

the capacity of working memory expands during middle and late childhood, and research has suggested that both an increase in processing speed and the ability to inhibit irrelevant information from entering memory are contributing to the greater efficiency of working memory during this age

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WORKING MEMORY

Question 50

occurs when a child does not grasp the strategy being taught, and thus, does not benefit from its use.

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MEDIATION DEFICIENCY

Question 51

The ability to use logic and mathematical skills to solve problems

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Logical-mathematical

Question 52

logical process in which multiple premises believed to be true are combined to obtain a specific conclusion.

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INDUCTIVE REASONING

Question 53

actually measure intelligence rather than something else

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VALIDITY

Question 54

children who are at or above the 95th percentile

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OBESE

Question 56

the ability to adapt to new situations and create new ideas

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CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE,

Question 57

arranging items along a quantitative dimension, such as length or weight, in a methodical way is now demonstrated by the concrete operational child

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SERIATION

Question 58

refers to children who have an IQ of 130 or higher

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GIFTEDNESS

Question 59

refers to the observation that scores on intelligence tests worldwide have increased substantially over the past decades

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FLYNN EFFECT

Question 60

involves mastering the use of logic in concrete ways

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PIAGET’S CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE (7-11yrs old)

Question 61

children whose BMI is at or above the 85th percentile for their age.

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OVERWEIGHT

Question 62

CONVERGENT THINKING

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thinking that is directed toward finding the correct answer to a given problem

Question 63

describes a developmental progression in the acquisition and _________. Often lacking in younger children but increase in frequency as children progress through elementary school

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MEMORY STRATEGIES

Question 64

changing one quality (in this example, height or water level) can be compensated for by changes in another quality (width).

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CONSERVATION

Question 65

academic problem solving and performing calculations,

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ANALYTICAL INTELLIGENCE