Question 1

Which of the following is a strategy for improving children's memory skills?

Accepted Answer

A)   Avoid repetition of the same instructional information.
B)   Embed memory-relevant language when instructing children.
C)   Motivate children to remember material by memorizing it.
D)   Discourage children from engaging in mental imagery.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is the second leading cause of death in U.S. children 5 to 14 years of age?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cardiovascular disease
B)   Cancer
C)   Motor vehicle accidents
D)   DrowningE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Sally's mental age is 12, but her chronological age is 9. Sally's IQ is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   75
B)   100
C)   108
D)   133E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

One in every _____ children in the United States develops cancer before the age of 19.

Accepted Answer

A)   75
B)   130
C)   250
D)   330E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Byron can take sticks of different lengths and put them all in order from shortest to longest. He can also discern that if stick A is longer then B and B is longer than C, then A is longer then C. This ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   seriation
B)   transitivity
C)   transduction
D)   classificationE) A) and C)
F) All of the above B

Question 6

During elementary school years, head circumference and waist circumference:

Accepted Answer

A)   increase in relation to body height.
B)   decrease in relation to body weight.
C)   increase in relation to body weight.
D)   decrease in relation to body height.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

With regard to the cognitive development theory, Piaget proposed that the concrete operational stage lasts from approximately _____ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A)   3 to 5
B)   5 to 7
C)   7 to 11
D)   10 to 13E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is a type of intelligence identified by Howard Gardner?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intrapersonal
B)   Analytical
C)   Practical
D)   CreativeE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Because of the difficulties in creating culture-fair tests, Robert Sternberg concludes that there are only _____ tests.

Accepted Answer

A)   culture-reduced
B)   culture-free
C)   culture-biased
D)   culture-neutralE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Alberta is a school teacher who introduces children to reading by teaching them a rhyme that goes, "A for apple, A says ah; B for ball, B says buh," and so on. This exemplifies the _____ approach to reading instruction.

Accepted Answer

A)   whole-language
B)   phonics
C)   information-processing
D)   analyticE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Louise is teaching her son to read by telling him the sound that each alphabet stands for. What approach is she using?

Accepted Answer

A)   Whole-language
B)   Phonics
C)   Balanced-instruction
D)   MorphologicalE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Mental age (MA)  is:

Accepted Answer

A)   the age that an individual mentally identifies himself at.
B)   the age at which an individual attains cognitive maturity.
C)   an individual's level of mental development relative to others.
D)   an individual's age at the time of peak cortical thickness.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

A recent study revealed that peak thickness of the cerebral cortex occurs _____ in children with ADHD than in children without ADHD.

Accepted Answer

A)   in adulthood
B)   in infancy
C)   three years later
D)   two years earlierE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

A child is presented with two identical balls of clay. The experimenter rolls one ball into a long, thin shape; the other remains in its original ball. The child is then asked if there is more clay in the ball or in the long, thin piece of clay. If the child answers the problem correctly, but cannot use abstract reasoning yet, the child MOST likely is in which stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sensorimotor stage
B)   Preoperational stage
C)   Formal operational stage
D)   Concrete operational stageE) A) and B)
F) All of the above D

Question 15

Which of the following is a type of intelligence identified in Robert J. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cultural intelligence
B)   Practical intelligence
C)   Spatial intelligence
D)   Verbal intelligenceE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Sadie has a learning disability and is being educated in the least restrictive environment possible. This means that Sadie:

Accepted Answer

A)   is given great freedom and few rules.
B)   is placed in as regular a classroom as possible.
C)   has significant input into developing her educational goals.
D)   spends part of her time in a regular classroom and part of her time in a special education classroom.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

What is bilingual education? What are the positive aspects of bilingual education?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

What causes the autism spectrum disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)   Improper family socialization
B)   A brain dysfunction with abnormalities in brain structure and neurotransmitters
C)   Damage to the prefrontal cortex of the brain
D)   Childhood immunizationsE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

The consensus among psychologists that both heredity and environment influence intelligence reflects the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   nature-nurture issue
B)   evolutionary psychology perspective
C)   Freud's psychoanalytic theory
D)   theory of social cognitionE) C) and D)
F) None of the above A

Question 20

Which of the following has been found to be better at improving the behavior of children with ADHD in most cases?

Accepted Answer

A)   A combination of stimulant medication and sedatives
B)   Primarily stimulant medication
C)   Primarily behavior management
D)   A combination of stimulant medication and behavior managementE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following is a strategy for improving children's memory skills?

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Which of the following is the second leading cause of death in U.S. children 5 to 14 years of age?

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Sally's mental age is 12, but her chronological age is 9. Sally's IQ is _____.

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One in every _____ children in the United States develops cancer before the age of 19.

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Byron can take sticks of different lengths and put them all in order from shortest to longest. He can also discern that if stick A is longer then B and B is longer than C, then A is longer then C. This ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions is _____.

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During elementary school years, head circumference and waist circumference:

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With regard to the cognitive development theory, Piaget proposed that the concrete operational stage lasts from approximately _____ years of age.

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Which of the following is a type of intelligence identified by Howard Gardner?

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Because of the difficulties in creating culture-fair tests, Robert Sternberg concludes that there are only _____ tests.

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Alberta is a school teacher who introduces children to reading by teaching them a rhyme that goes, "A for apple, A says ah; B for ball, B says buh," and so on. This exemplifies the _____ approach to reading instruction.

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Louise is teaching her son to read by telling him the sound that each alphabet stands for. What approach is she using?

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A recent study revealed that peak thickness of the cerebral cortex occurs _____ in children with ADHD than in children without ADHD.

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What is bilingual education? What are the positive aspects of bilingual education?

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During elementary school years, head circumference and waist circumference:

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Louise is teaching her son to read by telling him the sound that each alphabet stands for. What approach is she using?

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