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1
During the elementary school years, children grow an average of __________ inches a year.
A)1 to 2
B)2 to 3
C)3 to 4
D)4 to 5
2
Which of the following statements regarding body growth and proportion in the elementary school years is TRUE?
A)Proportional changes are among the least pronounced in middle and late childhood.
B)Children gain an average of 15 to 20 pounds per year during this period.
C)Children triple their strength capabilities during these years.
D)Boys are usually stronger than girls.
3
Cortical thickening in 5-11 year olds in the ___________ may reflect improvements in language abilities, such as reading.
A)temporal and frontal lobe areas
B)prefrontal cortex
C)cerebellum
D)occipital lobe
4
Which of the following statements regarding motor development in middle and late childhood is TRUE?
A)Boys are usually better at fine motor skills, whereas girls outperform boys at gross motor skills.
B)Children gain greater control over their bodies and can sit for longer periods of time; therefore, their lives should be less activity-oriented.
C)Motor development becomes much smoother and more coordinated.
D)Improved gross motor skills appear in the form of handwriting development.
5
At what age do children begin to show motor manipulative skills similar to the abilities of adults?
A)6 years
B)7 years
C)8 to 10 years
D)10 to 12 years
6
Regarding exercise and sports in middle and late childhood, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A)Children's use of television, computers, and video games has increased their amount of physical activity.
B)Sixty-one percent of children between ages 9 and 13 years in the United States do not participate in regular physical activity outside school hours.
C)Girls are more physically active than boys in this age group.
D)Participation in sports has only positive consequences for children.
7
The most common cause of death in middle and late childhood is:
A)motor vehicle accidents.
B)accidents resulting from improper use of sport equipment.
C)cancer.
D)obesity-related diseases.
8
The most common type of childhood cancer is:
A)brain cancer.
B)bone cancer.
C)kidney cancer.
D)leukemia.
9
Of those children with disabilities receiving special education services, more than 40% have:
A)speech or language impairments.
B)a learning disability.
C)mental retardation.
D)serious emotional disturbances.
10
Children with learning disabilities have all the following characteristics EXCEPT:
A)normal intelligence.
B)difficulties in one or more academic area.
C)mental retardation.
D)difficulties not attributable to any other diagnosed problem.
11
__________ is a learning disability whereby individuals have a severe impairment in their ability to read and spell.
A)Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
B)Dyslexia
C)Leukemia
D)Ritalin
12
A recent study revealed that the peak thickness of the cerebral cortex occurred _____ years later in children with ADHD than in children without ADHD.
A)2
B)2½
C)3
D)3½
13
The individualized education plan (IEP):
A)is a public law describing mandates for service to children with disabilities.
B)is a written statement describing a program for a student with a disability.
C)describes a setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability are educated.
D)requires educating a student with special needs partially in a regular classroom.
14
Piaget characterized the thought of children in middle and late adolescence as:
A)concrete operational.
B)formal operational.
C)preoperational.
D)sensorimotor.
15
The activity of ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension is best described as:
A)transitivity.
B)operations.
C)classification.
D)seriation.
16
Which of the following is a criticism of Piaget's theory that is supported by recent research?
A)He placed too little emphasis on culture and education
B)He placed too much emphasis on culture and education.
C)Children cannot be trained to reason at higher levels.
D)Piaget's theory was not divided into clear-cut stages.
17
__________ involves thinking reflectively and productively, and evaluating evidence.
A)Critical thinking
B)Convergent thinking
C)Creative thinking
D)Divergent thinking
18
Mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100 yields a(n):
A)normal distribution.
B)triarchic intelligence score.
C)intelligence quotient.
D)frame of mind.
19
Who described the triarchic theory of intelligence?
A)Howard Gardner
B)Robert Sternberg
C)Alfred Binet
D)David Wechsler
20
The majority of people who are mentally retarded experience _________ retardation.
A)profound
B)severe
C)moderate
D)mild
21
Gifted children are typically:
A)average scorers on intelligence tests.
B)difficult to motivate.
C)maladjusted.
D)precocious.
22
Which educational approach involves teaching children in their native language while gradually introducing English?
A)subtractive bilingualism
B)bilingual education
C)whole-language approach
D)basic-skills-and-phonetics approach





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