Question 1

What ethnic group is especially likely to have childhood asthma?

Accepted Answer

African Americans are more likely than any other ethnic group to have childhood asthma. It is estimated that the prevalence of childhood asthma among African American children is twice that of white children.

Question 2

Piaget termed the cognitive stage from age 7 to 11 the stage of concrete operations.During this stage,children become capable of ____.

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During the stage of concrete operations, children become capable of using mental operations, which are reversible mental actions that allow for logical thinking about concrete objects and events. This stage is characterized by an increased ability to classify, order, and understand the relationship between objects based on their properties. Children at this stage can also understand conservation, which is the idea that the quantity of a substance remains the same even if its appearance changes. However, they are not yet capable of abstract or hypothetical thinking, which is characteristic of the next stage of cognitive development.

Question 3

In Piaget's view,children ages 2-6 are most notable cognitively for what they cannot do,such as ____.

Accepted Answer

According to Piaget, children ages 2-6 are in the preoperational stage of development, during which they cannot perform mental operations, such as reversible mental processes or logical reasoning. They are also not capable of concrete operational thinking, which involves the ability to understand the conservation of quantity, volume, and other physical properties.

Question 4

During this stage,Piaget proposes,children become capable of using mental operations,which allow them to organize and manipulate information mentally instead of relying on physical and sensory associations.

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The stage described in the question, where children become capable of using mental operations, is the concrete operations stage. This occurs between the ages of 7 and 12, and is characterized by the ability to mentally manipulate and organize information, but only in the context of concrete, tangible objects and experiences.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a risk factor for getting asthma?

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Emotional stress is not a risk factor for getting asthma.

Question 6

Why are there higher rates of asthma in developing countries than there used to be?

Accepted Answer

Developing countries often have high levels of air pollution from industrialization and increased use of fossil fuels. This can trigger asthma symptoms or cause asthma in those who are genetically predisposed. Poor water quality and living in close proximity to animals may also exacerbate respiratory issues, but they are not direct causes of asthma. The number of fast-food restaurants is not directly related to asthma rates.

Question 7

What is a risk factor associated with childhood asthma?

Accepted Answer

Parental smoking is a known risk factor for childhood asthma. Exposure to secondhand smoke can increase the risk of developing asthma, as well as exacerbate symptoms in children who already have asthma.

Question 8

Your family has a history of asthma and allergies.Your brother is a smoker and he and his wife have a 6-year-old son.What do you need to tell him regarding smoking and asthma?

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Exposure to secondhand smoke is a known risk factor for developing asthma in children, especially if there is a family history of asthma and allergies.

Question 9

What is myopia and what is one reason that it increases in middle childhood?

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Question 10

Overall,how would researchers characterize the period of middle childhood in terms of health and safety? Explain,using at least one example to address illness and one to address injuries.

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Question 11

There are many obvious environmental influences on obesity; is there any evidence for a genetic / biological explanation? Use research evidence to support your answer.

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Question 12

Ashton is shown two round balls of clay equal in size.He watches as the experimenter rolls one ball into a long sausage shape and asks which of the shapes has more clay.If Ashton is in Piaget's preoperational stage he will reply,____.

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In Piaget's preoperational stage, children are not yet able to understand the concept of conservation, which means they might think the longer shape has more clay because it looks bigger.

Question 13

Explain why asthma rates have continued to rise over time in developed and developing countries?

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Question 14

When are the rates of asthma the highest?

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Question 15

What is the most common cause of injury in middle childhood?

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Question 16

Around ____,children make an important cognitive advance toward becoming more systematic and logical thinkers.

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According to Piaget's theory, children between the ages of 7 and 12 are in the concrete operational stage, during which they develop logical thinking and the ability to understand operations, conservation, and reversibility. Therefore, around age 7 is when children make an important cognitive advance towards becoming more systematic and logical thinkers.

Question 17

Imagine that you asked a 3-year-old and a 7-year-old from a developed country to draw a picture of herself.Besides the older child being neater,what are three differences you would see?

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Question 18

According to Piaget,the advances of concrete operations are evident in new abilities for performing tasks of ____.

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Piaget identified conservation, classification, and seriation as key abilities that develop during the concrete operations stage. These abilities involve the ability to understand that physical quantities remain the same even when their appearance changes, to group objects based on common characteristics, and to arrange objects in a logical sequence, respectively. Motor skills, egocentrism, animism, and language development, as mentioned in options A and B, are more associated with earlier stages of development. Hypothetical, deductive reasoning, and hypothesis testing, mentioned in option D, are associated with the next stage of development, the formal operations stage.

Question 19

What are two risk factors for asthma?

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Question 20

Based on research,is there a sensitive period for long-term effects of malnutrition? Provide an example to support your response.

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Quiz 7: Middle Childhood