HDFS 230 Ch. 7

Sensory memory holds the stimuli/data/information for ____ - ____ seconds.

1-3

2 types of control processes

1. Emotional regulation 2. Selective attention

3 factors that influence the knowledge base of a person:

1. Experience 2. Current opportunity 3. Personal motivation

BMI in ____ percentile means someone is overweight.

85th

BMI in ____ percentile means someone is obese.

90th

Term for how easily a child can learn.

Aptitude

Middle Childhood (MC) is between ages ___ & ___.

6-11

Term for what controls the flow of information from the different types of memory in the brain.

Executive functions

Changes in size throughout MC?

+2 in. & + 5lbs. each year.

In middle childhood, children learn about ___ new words each day.

20

"Are there more bears or are there more stuffed animals?" example was an example of a child who does not fully understand __________.

Classification

Term for the organization of items with similar characteristics into groups.

Classification

Term for the ability to apply logic to experiences & perceptions. Knowing that things don't actually change amounts or volume because the shape changes.

Concrete operational thought

Term for difficulty understanding math/sequencing.

Dyscalculia

Term for difficulty reading.

Dyslexia

According to __________, children in MC have seven types of intelligences, each of which is associated with a specific region of the brain.

Gardner

Types of intelligences are: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic (movement), interpersonal (social understanding), and intrapersonal (self-understanding) according to __________.

Gardner

Term for the way a brain interprets information.

Information processing

What is the conflict of sports in MC?

Is it too early to be pushing children that hard and causing increased stress.

___________ memory is responsible for the start & retrieval of all the things you know.

Long-term

What is considered the healthiest period in a person's life?

MC

Term for "thinking about thinking". Evaluating a task to determine the best approach and adjusting as needed.

Metacognition

Who developed the idea that children in MC can understand concrete operational thought, classification, and seriation?

Piaget

The practical use of language that allows MC children to adjust communication form based on their audience.

Pragmatics

Term for the ability to arrange items in order according to a certain characteristic.

Seriation

Growth rate ______ throughout MC.

Slows

According to __________, children in MC have three types of intelligences. The type of instruction will be matched to the child's abilities.

Sternberg

Types of intelligences are: academic, creative, and practical according to _________.

Sternberg

Two theorists with multiple intelligences.

Sternberg & Gardner

In the beginning of information processing, __________ enters the sensory memory.

Stimuli/data

___________ memory processes the information and is involved with conscious mental activity.

Working