Deck 8: Middle Childhood Physical and Cognitive Development

Question 1

____________ is the process through which the brain rids itself of unnecessary cells and cell connections.​

A) ​Weeding
B) ​Trimming
C) ​Cutting back
D) ​Pruning

Answer 1

D

Question 2

On average, during middle childhood, children​

A) gain about 20 to 25 pounds.​
B) ​gain about 30 to 35 pounds.
C) ​double in weight.
D) ​triple in weight.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Grouping refers to a child's ability to categorize objects by various dimensions.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Metacognition is not developed during middle childhood.

Question 5

During middle childhood children grow an average of ______ inches per year.​

A) ​6
B) ​2-3
C) ​1
D) ​4-5

Question 6

During middle childhood, children grow at a faster rate than they did when they were younger.

Question 7

The second leading cause of death of children between the ages of 5 and 14 years is​

A) ​accidents.
B) ​suicide.
C) ​cardiovascular disease.
D) ​cancer.

Question 8

It is recommended that children in middle childhood participate in at least __________ of physical activity per day.​

A) ​20 minutes
B) ​30 minutes
C) ​1 hour
D) ​4 hours

Question 9

Measures of intelligence correlate highly with academic achievement, in the United States.

Question 10

Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder must experience both inattention and hyperactivity.

Question 11

Rough and tumble play allows children in middle childhood to​

A) ​burn energy.
B) ​practice assertiveness.
C) ​learn to cooperate.
D) ​All of the above

Question 12

During middle childhood, children need 60 minutes of physical exercise each day.

Question 13

Children's whose body mass index falls at or above the 85th percentile when compared to others the same age and gender are considered​

A) ​healthy weight.
B) ​overweight.
C) ​obese.
D) ​morbidly obese.

Question 14

The leading cause of death for school age children is accidents.

Question 15

__________ is a process whereby glial cells grow and encase the axons of neural cells.​

A) ​Myelination
B) ​Shafting
C) ​Pruning
D) ​Automatization

Question 16

Individuals with average or above average intelligence, but below average academic performance, are identified with a learning disability.

Question 17

The benefits of organized sports include all of the following except​

A) ​cooperation.
B) ​self-confidence.
C) ​leadership.
D) ​competitiveness.

Question 18

By the time children enter elementary school, their use of language is similar to adults.

Question 19

The process by which repeated thoughts and behaviors strengthen neural connections is called​

A) ​pruning.
B) ​automatization.
C) ​reduction.
D) ​easing.

Question 20

"You are so smart!" is an example of process praise.

Question 21

Selective attending​

A) ​is influenced by the capacity of the working memory.
B) ​involves the ability to screen out irrelevant information.
C) ​may be a factor in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
D) ​All of the above

Question 22

When a child can declare that a ball of clay that has been observed being transformed into a rope can be transformed back to a ball, that child has gained the cognitive operation of​

A) ​transivity.
B) ​conservation.
C) ​seriation.
D) ​reversability.

Question 23

During middle childhood, scores on standardized IQ tests​

A) ​increase as children gain cognitive skills.
B) ​remain stable, even as children gain cognitive skills.
C) ​are not related to scores on achievement tests.
D) ​are not helpful in determining if a child has a learning disability.

Question 24

Describe three strategies or mental activities involved in learning and moving information to long-term memory.

Question 25

Describe the psychoneurological processes that contribute to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Question 26

__________ is not a component of Piaget's concrete operational stage.​

A) ​Reversibility
B) ​Grouping
C) ​Manipulation
D) ​Conservation

Question 27

Describe the difference between an intellectual disability and a learning disability.

Question 28

When a child can acknowledge that quantities do not change regardless of appearance, he or she has gained the cognitive operation of​

A) ​conservation.
B) ​manipulation.
C) ​grouping.
D) ​permanence.

Question 29

When a child has significant limitations in intellectual functioning as well as adaptive behavior, that child may be diagnosed with​

A) ​an intellectual disability.
B) ​a learning disability.
C) ​a disruptive behavior disorder.
D) ​None of the above

Question 30

The way in which individuals receive, think about, mentally modify, and remember information is known as​

A) ​concrete operations.
B) ​short-term memory.
C) ​information processing.
D) ​None of the above

Question 31

Explain the difference between person praise and process praise. Describe why process praise might be beneficial during middle childhood.

Question 32

The primary process through which information moves from sensory memory to the working memory is​

A) ​sensation.
B) ​attention.
C) ​rehearsal.
D) ​elaboration.

Question 33

Being able to tell time comes after children gain the concept of​

A) ​grouping.
B) ​reversibility.
C) ​seriation.
D) ​conservation.

Question 34

__________ praise fosters the view that intelligence may be developed incrementally​

A) ​Person
B) ​Object
C) ​Idea
D) ​Process

Question 35

Describe five operations that develop during the period of cognitive development described by Piaget at concrete operations.