CHapters 5-7 Developmental Psyche
When remarried parents live together with their children from former relationships it is called a *Blank* family
blended
John is 7 years old and does NOT like new social situations. Every time he and his mother are in a new situation he stays next to his mother and has even hidden behind her. He is demonstrating _____ tendencies.
internalizing
Self-generated actions and an inter passion reflect *Blank* motivation
intrinsic
Pruning in the frontal lobes starts _____ in other brain regions.
later than
For every 100 parents in the US *blank* report spaking their children "often"
10
What percentage of children are subjected to chronic harassment?
10 to 20 percent
Children usually begin to initiate past-talk conversations at about age
3 or 4 years
One in _____ U.S. children are being raised by single parents.
4
Approximately what percentage of poor children are ready for kindergarten tasks by the time they start school?
48
Early childhood generally ends at age:
6
Which of the following is a factor that can hinder children's growth and motor skills?
A lack of outdoor play and a lack of food
The top-ranking health disorder among U.S. children today, affecting 1 in 10 children, is:
ADHD
Zack is 4 years old and can do cartwheels, back flips, back-hand springs, and one-handed cart wheels. He has had no formal training to develop these gymnastic skills. All represent:
Gross motor skills
What is authoratative parenting?
High nurturing and setting limits; more felxible on rules
Melinda lives in Canada and has two younger sisters. Grace is the middle child, and Jennifer is the youngest. Which child would be MOST motivated to develop theory-of-mind abilities at the earliest age?
Jennifer
_____ is defined by deficits in theory of mind.
autism spectrum disorder
James is 9 years old. Which stage of development is he currently in, according to Piaget?
concrete operations
This is aggressive behavior that is repeatedly carried out via electronic media and is potentially more harmful than traditional bullying.
cyberbullying
Jeremy is celebrating his third birthday. Which life stage is he entering
early childhood
Which of these is likely a risk factor for ADHD?
environmental toxins
The key to overcoming the problem of school being a chore is to make *Blank* relate to chuldren's goals and desires
extrinsic learning
Compared to boys, preschool girls are usually superior at:
fine motor skills
Children who are incredibly anxious, timid, and frightened:
have internalizing tendencies
Lee is 10 years old. According to Piaget, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Lee's cognition?
he can think abstractly in a scientific way
Regarding Intelengence, Howard Gardner would say that
humans have many different types of intelligence
All of the following are associated with autism spectrum disorder EXCEPT:
hyperactivity
When Westerners are asked to recall autobiographical memories, this part of their brain is activated
medial frontal cortex
Brandon is in the third grade. What stage of development is he in
middle childhood
Child *Blank* is defined as the failure to provide adequate supervision and care
neglect
less than *Blank* us families are considered to be traditional nuclear families
one-half of
A supporter of Judith Harris would argue that *Blank* exert(s) the LARGEST influence on children
peers
The word sounds of language are called
phonemes
_____ children are frequently named in the most-liked category and never appear in the disliked group. They also stand out as being really liked by everyone.
popular
Gender-segregated play begins during
preschool and increases in elementary school
Eleven-year-old Sarah loves to tattle on her older sister. Last week, Sarah told her sister's boyfriend that her sister had kissed another boy. Sarah showed _____ aggression.
relational
The facet of language that grows throughout life is
semantics
One problem with Piaget's ideas is that his theory does NOT include _____ playing a role in cognitive development.
teaching
Eligibility for gifted programs in the US schools is generally restricted to students
with an IQ of at least 130
Basira runs into her old friend Gina from high school. Gina wants to give Basira her phone number but neither woman has a pen. Basira memorizes the number and calls Gina that evening. This means that Basira transferred the phone number from her _____ to more permanent memory storage.
working memory
What is an authoritarian parenting type?
"Do as I say exactly"; Nonfelxable rules, more cold and uncaing
What is permssive parenting?
No rules; total freedom and unconditional love
_____ develop(s) quickly in children in early childhood because the neurons in the visual and motor cortex are in their pruning phase.
Walking
Childhood obesity is defined as having:
a BMI at or above the 95th percentile
CHild *blank* is defined as any act that endangers a child's well-being
maltreatment
