PSYCH 230- LC 6A

The abilities that allow us to plan and direct our thinking and to control our immediate impulses are called ______.

executive functions

_____ is a limited-capacity gateway system containing all the material that one can keep in awareness at a single time.

working memory

Pruning of the frontal lobes does not begin until a person reaches about _____ years old.

9

Which statement about diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is true?

ADHD symptoms include difficulties with inhibition and selective attention

Which child is in middle childhood?

Toya, who is 8

According to Piaget, the stage of thinking that is characteristic of middle childhood is _____.

concrete operational

Children attain a realistic understanding of the world during the _____ stage.

concrete operational

Characterized by excessive restlessness and distractibility, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is MOST often diagnosed among _____, with _____ being affected more often.

elementary school-aged students; boys

Bryce is celebrating his ninth birthday. Bryce is in the _____ stage of life.

middle childhood

Eli is 22 years old and has just graduated from college. Nonetheless, some parts of his body have yet to develop fully. One of them is the fatty covering surrounding the axons of neurons known as the _____.

myelin sheath

Because she does not have a pen and paper (or a GPS) in her car, Brittany memorizes her friend's phone directions by repeating the turns and street names in her mind over and over. Brittany is using a learning strategy called _____.

rehearsal

Joshua ignores the advertisements on a website so that he can focus on information the site provides. In this example, Joshua is demonstrating _____.

selective attention

_____ refers specifically to the ability to focus only on relevant information

selective attention

_____ refers to the process of making billions of connections between neurons

synaptogenesis

Eight-year-old Jewel will _____ if she successfully resolves the Eriksonian psychosocial task of middle childhood

work for what she wants