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PSYC 221 MODULE 8 EXAM

Question 1
By age 11, the average child, both males and females, weigh about _____ pounds.
Question 2
Quentin is receiving treatment for an emotional disturbance. His therapist has him express himself through a variety of mediums and with a myriad of materials. Based on what you have read in the text, it sounds like Quentin is receiving _____.
Question 3
All of the following are contributing factors to children's unhealthy eating habits EXCEPT
Question 4
There are developmental differences in the amount of gray matter in children. For example, around the ages of _____, the volume of gray matter in the parietal lobes, an area of the brain involved in spatial understanding peaks.
Question 5
Social phobia affects _______ percent of children.
Question 6
Honor has an fMRI and her doctor says that he notices that the gray matter has peaked in the lobe of her brain partially involved in dealing with language. He is referring to what part of the brain?
Question 7
There are developmental differences in the amount of gray matter in children. For example, around the ages of _____, the volume of gray matter in the frontal lobes, an area of the brain involved in higher-order functions peaks.
Question 8
Felicia has repeated intrusive thoughts and shows repetitive behaviors tied to those thoughts. Based on what you have read in the text, it sounds like Felicia may have _____.
Question 9
Most parents can probably tell you that rough-and-tumble play reaches its peak during
Question 10
Based on current research, of the following school-aged children, who is likely to get the most sleep?
Question 11
Although individual growth in middle childhood varies widely, one typical difference between school-age boys and school-age girls is that
Question 12
Christina is beginning to feel like a giant among her classmates and thinks that something is wrong with her. Which of the following best describes children's height gain during middle childhood?
Question 13
Which of the following statements about school-age children in non-literate societies and in industrialized societies is correct?
Question 14
With regard to the kinds of abilities evaluated by IQ tests, Robert Sternberg and other critics of these tests maintain that IQ tests
Question 15
Jorge, age 7, can conserve substance but not weight or volume. According to Piaget, Jorge's conservation abilities demonstrate
Question 16
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 emphasizes
Question 17
Mrs. Butler should use all but which of the following mnemonic strategies during spelling lessons with her fourth graders?
Question 18
Which of the following environmental factors may have a negative effect on intelligence test scores?
Question 19
Mohammad has arranged a selection of blue paints from darkest to lightest. Piaget would say that Mohammad is demonstrating:
Question 20
Lindsey is 8-years-old and is in the concrete operations stage of development. Compared to her 5-year-old brother, Lindsey can better understand
Question 21
Moira's mother told her that all the girls in the third-grade were very nice. So, when Moira sat down to eat with her classmate Henna, she believed that she would be nice. Moving from a general premise about a class to a conclusion about a particular member of the class is called
Question 22
Kevin, a middle school student, should be able to
Question 23
Which of the following statements regarding selective attention in middle childhood is FALSE?
Question 24
Which of Piaget's three stages of moral development corresponds to the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?
Question 25
The development of children's moral values
Question 26
Pablo, who speaks Spanish, is in a second-language education class where he interacts with English-speaking and Spanish-speaking students in both English and Spanish. This method of second-language education is best described as
Question 27
Karut is growing up in a home and a neighborhood with constant, pervasive violence. He often has trouble sleeping, he cannot concentrate on his homework, and he has been sent home three times already this year for fighting. According to your textbook, what else is Karut likely to experience?
Question 28
The correlation between victimization by a bully and self-esteem shows us that bullying victims tend to have low self-esteem. From this correlation we can conclude
Question 29
With regard to the typical composition of peer groups in middle childhood, which of the following statements is correct?
Question 30
Johnny is a middle school student and Raymond is a kindergartner. Based on their ages, Johnny is more likely to engage in _____ aggression, while Raymond is more likely to exhibit _____ aggression.
Question 31
The developmental task of middle childhood is resolving the conflict of
Question 32
Longitudinal research suggests that changes in sibling relationships are most likely to occur when one sibling is between the ages of
Question 33
Adoptions where parties share information or have direct contact are called _____ adoptions.
Question 34
Marcy views herself as being generally capable and competent in most aspects of her life. Marcy has a high degree of
Question 35
Nine-year-old Stephanie is beginning to internalize the values of her parents and society. Although her parents exercise general supervision over her, when she is not with them she exercises her own form of self-supervision. This phenomenon is called
Question 36
Popular children tend to have parents who have adopted which of Baumarind's parenting styles?
Question 37
Children's self-concepts in middle childhood are _____ they are in earlier periods of development.
Question 38
As discussed in your textbook, which of the following is NOT an African American extendedfamily tradition?
Question 39
Parents who wish to exert a positive influence on their children's emotional growth should
Question 40
By what age do children typically show pride and shame?