FCS 324 Week 6 Quiz

FCS 324 Week 6 Quiz | Los Rios Community College 

Module 6 Quiz - Middle Childhood

Question 1

Ivan, an 8-year-old, no longer thinks a row of pennies in front of him contains more pennies than a row of the same number of pennies with less spacing between coins. What Piagetian concept does this demonstrate Ivan has mastered?  

·         Reversibility   

·         Conservation 

·         Classification  

·         Identity

 Question 2

Approximately how many girls have been sexually abused in their lifetime?  

·         About 1 in 50 

·         About 1 in 10  

·         About 1 in 4  

·         About 1 in 20

Question 3

Ariela is a dancer and gymnast. Which theory of intelligence, Gardner’s or Sternberg’s would most fully capture the kind of intelligence Ariela displays, and what is this type of intelligence called?  

·         Sternberg; practical 

·         Gardner; spatial  

·         Sternberg; creative  

·         Gardner; bodily-kinesthetic

Question 4

Labeling a child as learning disabled can lead to the child lacking self-confidence and performing poorly in school. What is this phenomenon called?  

·         General adaptation syndrome  

·         The self-fulfilling prophecy  

·         Expectation fulfillment  

·         Confirmation bias

 Question 5

What aspects of intimacy are vital to children’s friendships in middle childhood that weren’t as salient in early childhood?  

·         Common friend groups, parents who are close  

·         Shared interests, proximity    

·         Emotional disclosure, trust, and vulnerability    

·         Shared family experience, physical intimacy

 Question 6

Michael, who has an autism spectrum disorder, walks into his classroom and discovers that the teacher has rearranged the desks and he becomes highly agitated and uncomfortable. What is the best possible explanation for Michael’s behavior?  

·         Michael also has obsessive-compulsive disorder and he likes things to be in a certain order.  

·         Michael had personally arranged the desks, and takes it as an affront that the teacher changed his layout.    

·         Michael has difficulties adjusting to changes in routines and how things surrounding him are organized.  

·         Michael is upset because he no longer gets to sit by his best friend and talk throughout class.

 Question 7

While children in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development are more logical thinkers, what type of thinking is still too challenging for them at this stage?  

·         Hypothetical thinking 

·         Tangible reasoning  

·         Moral reasoning  

·         Inductive reasoning

 Question 8

Contemporary research indicates that children of divorced parents are more ________ their peers with non-divorced parents.  

·         Similar to than different from  

·         Well-adjusted than 

·         Envious of than angry with 

·         Different from than similar to

Question 9

The average day of third-grade students places them in what state, as described by Brofenbrenner’s ecological systems model, for the majority of the time?  

·         Sanctity state  

·         Street corner state 

·         Home state 

·         Student state

Question 10

Information processing theory proposes three main levels of memory to compare human memory to computer processing Which of the following is NOT one of the components of memory introduced in information processing theory?  

·         Working memory  

·         Flash memory

·         Long-term memory  

·         Sensory memory

 Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding physical growth is most likely to be true of John and Judy, both six years old?  

·         John and Judy are done losing their primary teeth. 

·         Both John and Judy’s brains are fully developed. 

·         John is likely to be much taller than Judy, hitting a prepubescent growth spurt earlier than Judy. 

·         John and Judy have likely begun to lose their primary teeth.

Question 12

According to Carol Gilligan, Kohlberg’s theories were biased against women, based on all of the following observations, EXCEPT?  

·         Gilligan specified the need to design separate measures to test women and men.  

·         Men focus on logic, while women focus on caring for others and relationships 

·         Kohlberg explicitly stated women’s moral development was inferior to that of men.

·         Kohlberg performed the majority of his research only on men, leaving women out of the sample.

 Question 13

What physical change allows children in middle childhood to engage in longer, sustained periods of strenuous play?  

·         increased lung capacity 

·         losing one’s primary teeth 

·         rapidly growing limbs 

·         increased myelination

Question 14

Sternberg’s concern over what he perceived as an over-emphasis on aptitude testing led him to propose a triarchic theory of intelligence, which includes all of the following components, EXCEPT: 

·         Practical 

·         Creative  

·         Interpersonal. 

·         Analytical

 Question 15

School-aged children are able to tell and appreciate jokes like “knock-knock” jokes and puns, thanks to what advancement in language?  

·         Improved understanding of grammatical rules  

·         Greater sophistication in vocabulary    

·         Heightened ability to associate similar words  

·         A shift away from figurative thinking

Question 16

Leah, age 8, is teased at school for being overweight and she’s self-conscious about her body image. How can Leah’s parents best support her in losing weight? 

·         Encouraging physical play and joining her in increasing physical activity.

·         Packing her lunch, so she does not eat unhealthy school lunches.  

·         Purchasing cute “goal” clothing she can fit into if she loses weight to incentivize weight loss. 

·         Joining her on a calorie-restrictive diet plan.

Question 17

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are frequently characterized by marked deficits in which of the following areas?  

·         Reading social cues    

·         Organizational skills  

·         Structured schedules  

·         Personal hygiene

Question 18

Jill, who is in third grade, is studying her multiplication times tables, repeating the information over and over again in an attempt to store these figures in her long term memory, quizzing herself regularly. What strategy is Jill using? 

·         Chunking  

·         Recognition  

·         Mnemonics 

·         Rehearsal

Question 19

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding physical growth in middle childhood?  

·         Growth rates slow during middle childhood.

·         By middle childhood, individuals reach their adult height.    

·         Middle childhood is a period of rapid physical growth.    

·         Motor skills suffer as individuals experience rapid growth.

 Question 20

Teaching children languages in middle childhood involves a different process than children in early childhood. Why might teaching children languages in middle childhood be successful?  

·         Middle childhood involves the greatest growth in vocabulary    

·         Middle childhood is a good time to learn grammatical rules    

·         By middle childhood, the brain is fully developed.  

·         Children in middle childhood can produce all phonemes and morphemes of any language

 Question 21

Minor failures do not destroy a child’s self-concept during middle childhood. Rather, learning from failure can give the child a healthy sense of what?  

·         Modesty    

·         Shame  

·         Greed 

·         Pride

Question 22

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding learning difficulties?  

·         They persist throughout one’s life.  

·         The same type of intervention works for most children with learning difficulties.  

·         Labeling a child with a learning disability has no ill effect on their self-image. 

·         They may change over time.

Question 23

Cultural influences on students informally teach all of the following messages, EXCEPT:

·         Homework does not build greater responsibility   

·         Gender roles and gender-appropriate behaviors  

·         How to live in a bureaucratic society  

·         Rankings of job and career prestige

Question 24

As children reach middle childhood, they adapt new strategies to meet goals. Which of these developments or strategies does NOT demonstrate this cognitive change?  

·         They begin prioritizing every minute detail, trying to learn everything.    

·         They develop metacognitive skills to help them understand how they learn  

·         Their self-evaluations and expectations become more realistic 

·         They are able to evaluate multiple strategies and select the best one for the goal

 Question 25

The impact of divorce on children varies depending on a wide array of factors. Which of these short-term factors is among the strongest impacts on children of divorced parents? 

·         Grief over lost time with parents

·         Social stigma  

·         Adjustment to changes  

·         Financial/ economic issues