Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

The logical principle that things can be organized into groups or categories according to some characteristic that they have in common is:

classification

Piaget's term for the ability to reason logically about direct experiences is "_____ thought."

concrete operational

Selective attention, metacognition, and emotional regulation are all examples of:

control process

Which lesson of developmental psychopathology applies to all children?

disability changes year by year

The term "Flynn effect" refers to:

the rise in average IQ scores of entire nations.

In the United States, the death rate for 5- to 14-year-olds was:

60 per 100,000 in 1950 and 13 per 100,000 in 2013.

Which of the following is a TRUE statement regarding health habits for children?

Children's health habits are strongly influenced by peers and parents.

Which statement regarding hubs is TRUE?

They are areas of the brain where massive numbers of axons meet.

The potential to master a skill or learn a body of knowledge is:

aptitude

This disorder may be diagnosed in early infancy and no longer have symptoms later, and some females may have onset later in childhood.

autism spectrum disorder

In the United States many parochial or private schools were traditionally founded by _____, but this trend has changed.

catholic groups

Teacher background, organization of the play space, and tracking are all part of the:

hidden curriculum

There has been some improvement in U.S. children's academic performance; however, what stands out when compared to other nations is that:

income and ethnic background have a greater influence on the achievement of U.S. children.

Childhood medication for ADHD is though to:

increase the risk of adolescent drug use.

Sherry is 8 years of age. What developmental time period is she currently in?

middle childhood

A significant contribution of Piaget's cognition theory is that he realized that school-age children become:

more systematic and objective

Typically brain scans can measure activity or size of brain areas, but they are not accurate in diagnosing cognitive disorders in childhood. This suggests that in this respect brain scans are:

not reliable

The time it takes to respond to a physical or cognitive stimulus is known as:

reaction time

Barb is 8 years old and just starting 3rd grade. Her older sister is trying to prepare her for her new class and teacher. Barb's sister said she should be able to do all of the following in her reading class EXCEPT:

read polysyllabic words

The ability to concentrate on some stimuli while ignoring others is:

selective attention

The use of cognition to search for information, analyze it, and then express the analysis of information is:

the information-processing perspective

Every nation in the world desires to improve education because longitudinal data has shown that:

when achievement rises, the national economy improves as well.