Deck 11: Seciton 4: Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development

Question 1

The health habits that children develop during the middle childhood years are related to their health in adolescence and adulthood.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Children will have gotten all of their permanent teeth by age 6.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Children are overweight if their body mass index (BMI) is above the 85th percentile on the growth chart.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Birthplace seems to be a factor in whether a child develops asthma or not.

Question 5

The hygiene hypothesis states that modern children are overprotected from viruses and bacteria, which does not allow their immune systems to strengthen.

Question 6

In the United States, the percentage of children with asthma has been stable for about the last two decades.

Question 7

Children between the ages of 6 and 11 are within the developmental stage referred to as adolescence.

Question 8

The percentage of overweight children has not increased in the past 20 years in North America.

Question 9

Preschool children who watch TV and drink soda are more likely to be obese.

Question 10

Reaction time is the amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus.

Question 11

From age 6 to 11 fewer fatal diseases or serious accidents occur than at any other period in the lifespan.

Question 12

When comparing the growth of children from ages 6 to 11 to infants or adolescents, one notices that children grow slowly and steadily.

Question 13

Obesity is more common among children who were not breast-fed.

Question 14

Asthma is associated with environmental conditions.

Question 15

The high rate of childhood obesity in the United States is primarily due to heredity.

Question 16

An intelligence test is an example of an aptitude test.

Question 17

Obesity during childhood is not associated with adult development, such as marriage and work.

Question 18

The Flynn effect has revealed that the average IQ of entire nations has decreased substantially over the past century.

Question 19

An intelligence test is an example of an achievement test.

Question 20

Massive interconnections in the brain allow children to master the ability to read.

Question 21

Gardner has identified nine types of intelligence.

Question 22

The presence of two or more unrelated disease conditions at the same time in the same person is referred to as comorbidity.

Question 23

Children with dyscalculia have trouble reading.

Question 24

The most commonly diagnosed learning disability is dyslexia.

Question 25

The field that uses insights into typical development to understand and remediate developmental disorders is developmental psychology.

Question 26

One method of educating gifted and talented students that has become popular in the United States is acceleration.

Question 27

Once a child has been identified as having special needs, educators and other professionals consult with the child's parents to devise an individual education plan for the child.

Question 28

Children with special needs are usually educated in self-contained classrooms apart from other children so that they may receive specialized assistance.

Question 29

In the response to intervention strategy, all children who perform below average receive extra assistance.

Question 30

About 1 out of every 500 children shows signs of autism.

Question 31

Each state in the U.S. selects and educates gifted and talented students. Across the country the selection and education process can be different.

Question 32

There is a clear treatment protocol for autistic spectrum disorder.

Question 33

David is excitable, impulsive, and very active. He also has great difficulty concentrating. He MOST likely has a sensory deficit.