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CHAPTER 9
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1) In middle childhood, children grow an average of _____ inches in height and ______ pounds in weight each year.
A) 2 to 3; 5
B) 2 to 3; 10
C) 4 to 5; 5
D) 4 to 5; 10
Answer: A
Page Ref: 225
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.1
2) After age 8, girls
A) are slightly shorter and lighter than boys.
B) have slightly more muscle than boys.
C) begin accumulating fat at a faster rate than boys.
D) have slightly less body fat than boys.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 225
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.1
3) As muscles adapt to an enlarging skeleton, children often experience
A) a decrease in flexibility.
B) nighttime “growing pains.”
C) a decreasing desire for physical exercise.
D) faster growth in the upper portions of the body.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 225
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.1
4) Between the ages of 6 and 12, ________ primary teeth are lost and replaced by permanent ones.
A) 12
B) 14 to 18
C) 20
D) 24
Answer: C
Page Ref: 225
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.1
15) Along with body growth, _____________ plays a vital role in improved motor performance in middle childhood.
A) abstract thinking
B) more efficient information processing
C) elaboration
D) metacognition
Answer: B
Page Ref: 229
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
16) Paul is concerned because his 6-year-old son prints using large letters and numbers. You can tell Paul that his son’s
writing is large because he
A) cannot yet visually distinguish fine details.
B) has not yet developed adequate depth perception.
C) makes strokes with his entire arm rather than just the wrist and fingers.
D) can only use his wrist and fingers to form the letters and numbers.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 229
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.4
17) Research on sex differences in motor skills during middle childhood indicates that
A) boys are ahead of girls on gross-motor skills, such as jumping, hopping, and skipping.
B) boys are more advanced than girls in fine-motor skills.
C) boys’ genetic advantage in muscle mass is large enough to account for their gross-motor superiority.
D) girls outperform boys on skills that depend on agility and balance.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 229
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
18) Research confirms that _________ plays a large role in accounting for boys’ gross motor superiority.
A) boys’ greater muscle mass
B) the social environment
C) girls’ higher fat-to-muscle ratio
D) girls’ lack of coordination
Answer: B
Page Ref: 229
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
19) ___________ contribute greatly to emotional and social development and are rarely contests of individual ability.
A) Child-invented games
B) Organized sports
C) Community athletics
D) Mandatory physical education classes
Answer: A
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
20) Gains in __________ contribute to a child’s ability to play games with rules.
A) phonological awareness
B) cognitive self-regulation
C) perspective taking
D) muscle mass
Answer: C
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
21) During middle childhood, child-invented games usually involve
A) simple physical skills and a sizable element of luck.
B) analytical intelligence.
C) competition and adult control.
D) contests of individual ability.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.4
22) Ten-year-old Nadia enjoys making up games and playing them with her friends. Playing these child-invented games
probably allows Nadia to
A) play without rules and increase her popularity.
B) compete against her friends and establish a dominance hierarchy.
C) develop challenging physical skills, both gross and fine motor.
D) try out different styles of cooperating and competing with little personal risk.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.4
23) One valid criticism of adult-organized youth sports is that
A) participation in organized sports often results in psychological damage to children.
B) they overemphasize competition and substitute children’s natural experimentation with rules and strategies.
C) participation in youth sports is the leading cause of childhood injury.
D) they often interfere with school work and can cause a sharp decline in academic achievement.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
24) Which of the following is true about children’s rough-and-tumble play?
A) It helps children establish a dominance hierarchy.
B) It predicts aggressive behavior during adolescence.
C) It is equally common among boys and girls.
D) It is a uniquely human social behavior.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 230
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.4
30) During a conservation-of-water task, Emme can focus on several aspects of the problem and relate them, rather than
centering on just one aspect. Therefore, Emme is capable of
A) seriation.
B) class inclusion.
C) reversibility.
D) decentration.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 232
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.5
31) Margerite passed Piaget’s class inclusions task. This indicates that Margerite can
A) think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction.
B) focus on relations between a general and two specific categories at the same time.
C) solve problems using abstract reasoning.
D) order items along a quantitative dimension.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 232
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.5
32) To test for ________, Piaget asked children to arrange sticks of different lengths from shortest to longest.
A) classification
B) spatial reasoning
C) seriation
D) decentration
Answer: C
Page Ref: 232
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.5
33) A concrete operational child can _________ mentally, an ability called _________________.
A) conserve; seriation
B) seriate; transitive inference
C) classify; decentration
D) reverse; class inclusion
Answer: B
Page Ref: 232
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.5
34) Kim Lee is able to mentally represent her neighborhood and describe it to others. Kim Lee’s representation is known as a
A) class inclusion.
B) large-scale route of travel.
C) transitive inference.
D) cognitive map.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 233
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.5
35) According to Piaget, one limitation of concrete operational thought is that children’s mental operations work poorly with
A) everyday decision making.
B) logical constructs.
C) abstract ideas.
D) organized thoughts.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 233
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.5
36) School-age children master concrete operational tasks
A) all at once.
B) gradually, in a continuum of acquisition.
C) much later than Piaget believed.
D) after they master abstract thinking.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 233
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.5
37) The very experience of ____________ seems to promote mastery of Piagetian tasks.
A) aging
B) learning to read
C) going to school
D) brain lateralization
Answer: C
Page Ref: 233
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.6
38) Some investigators have concluded that the forms of logic required by Piagetian tasks do not emerge spontaneously but,
rather, are
A) heavily influenced by training, context, and cultural conditions.
B) primarily developed through interaction with more expert peers.
C) part of a slow but steady stagewise transition to logical thought.
D) influenced by biological age and are mastered all at once.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 234
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.6
39) In Robbie Case’s neo-Piagetian theory, repeated practice of cognitive schemes
A) requires abstract reasoning skills.
B) interferes with the acquisition of central conceptual structures.
C) decreases processing efficiency.
D) leads them to become more automatic.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 234
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.6
45) When Mike had to learn the state capitals, he grouped the states by region to assist his memory. Which memory strategy
did Mike use?
A) elaboration
B) organization
C) rehearsal
D) metacognition
Answer: B
Page Ref: 235
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.7
46) According to one view of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
A) all children with ADHD are hyperactive.
B) environmental factors usually cause ADHD.
C) girls are diagnosed with ADHD about four times as often as boys.
D) deficient executive processing underlies ADHD symptoms.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 236 Box: B&E: Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.7
47) Research on the origins of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) indicates that
A) ADHD is highly heritable.
B) symptoms of ADHD usually appear in infancy.
C) the disorder is usually inherited from the mother’s side of the family.
D) a stressful home life usually causes ADHD.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 236 Box: B&E: Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.7
48) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
A) typically diminishes by early adulthood.
B) is usually a lifelong disorder.
C) cannot be effectively treated with medication.
D) is more difficult to treat in girls than boys.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 236 Box: B&E: Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.7
49) To help herself remember that she needed cat food and gloves at the store, Cheryl imagined a cat wearing gloves. Which
memory strategy did Cheryl use?
A) elaboration
B) organization
C) rehearsal
D) long-term retrieval
Answer: A
Page Ref: 237
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.7
55) Luke has a science test on Friday and knows that he needs to focus his attention during class and apply memory strategies
when studying. Luke is demonstrating
A) long-term retrieval.
B) metacognitive awareness.
C) cognitive inhibition.
D) false-belief understanding.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 237
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.8
56) Quinn knows that he should group items when memorizing lists, but he does not always do so. Quinn is not yet good at
A) selective attention.
B) flexibility of attention.
C) metacognition.
D) cognitive self-regulation.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 238
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.8
57) By adolescence, _________ is a strong predictor of academic success.
A) learned helplessness
B) self-regulation
C) false-belief understanding
D) interpersonal intelligence
Answer: B
Page Ref: 238
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.8
58) Children who acquire effective self-regulatory skills develop
A) learned helplessness.
B) advanced linguistic intelligence.
C) academic self-efficacy.
D) practical intelligence.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 238
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.8
59) Research on reading proficiency in middle childhood shows that improvements in __________ releases working memory
for higher-level activities.
A) memory strategies
B) visual scanning and discrimination
C) practical intelligence
D) transitive inference
Answer: B
Page Ref: 238
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.9
80) Arthur Jensen’s 1969 monograph, “How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?” was controversial
because he argued that
A) test bias largely accounts for ethnic differences in IQ.
B) heredity is largely responsible for individual, ethnic, and SES differences in IQ.
C) the environment is largely responsible for individual, ethnic, and SES differences in IQ.
D) there are no significant individual, ethnic, or SES differences in IQ.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 242–243
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.12
81) Herrnstein and Murray’s 1994 book, The Bell Curve, implies that
A) IQ variations are largely determined by differences in environment.
B) ethnic and social class differences in IQ are unfounded.
C) heredity plays a sizable role in individual and SES differences in IQ.
D) IQ shows significant fluctuations over the lifespan.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.12
82) Although heritability estimates offer convincing evidence that genes contribute to IQ, they
A) do not reveal the complex process through which genes and experiences influence intelligence as children develop.
B) tend to underestimate genetic influences.
C) tend to overestimate environmental influences.
D) often rely on adoption studies, which tell us little about environmental factors that influence IQ.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
83) Adoption studies reveal that
A) adopted children show a significant decline in IQ across middle childhood and adolescence, regardless of rearing
conditions.
B) children of low-IQ biological mothers do as well as children with high-IQ biological mothers when placed in
similar adoptive homes.
C) genetic factors play a much greater role in IQ than environmental factors.
D) when children of low-IQ mothers are adopted by parents who are above average in income and education, they
score above average in IQ.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
84) Dr. Whittier believes that many IQ tests sample knowledge and skills that not all groups of children have had the
opportunity to learn. Dr. Whittier’s belief reflects the controversial question that ethnic differences in IQ have to do with
A) heritability.
B) multiple intelligences.
C) test bias.
D) SES.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.12
85) Compared with middle-SES white parents, low-SES black parents are more likely to ask their children
A) “real” questions that they themselves cannot answer.
B) knowledge-training questions.
C) objective questions.
D) classification questions.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
86) Many ethnic minority parents without extensive schooling prefer a(n) __________ style of communication.
A) hierarchical
B) knowledge-training
C) objective
D) collaborative
Answer: D
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
87) Lindy directs each of her children to carry out an aspect of a task, and the children work independently. Lindy uses a
_________ style of communication.
A) hierarchical
B) convergent
C) collaborative
D) knowledge-training
Answer: A
Page Ref: 243
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.12
88) Which of the following is supported by research on IQ test bias?
A) Attempts to change IQ tests by eliminating verbal, fact-oriented items have substantially raised the scores of low-
SES minority children.
B) Ethnic minority children, who often grow up in more “people-oriented” than “object-oriented” homes, may lack
toys and games that promote certain intellectual skills.
C) Most modern IQ tests have eliminated items that may be biased against some groups of children, particularly low-
SES ethnic minorities.
D) When children of the same age enrolled in different grades are compared, those who have been in school longer
score slightly lower on IQ tests.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 243–244
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
89) Carter, an African-American boy, is told by a researcher that certain verbal tasks are “not a test.” He is told that other
verbal tasks are “a test of how good children are at school problems.” If Carter is aware of ethnic stereotypes, which of
the following is probably true?
A) He will perform better in the “test” condition.
B) He will perform similarly in both conditions.
C) He will perform far worse in the “test” condition.
D) He will answer the “test” questions, but refuse to answer the “not a test” questions.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 244
Skill: Applied
Objective: 9.12
90) Which of the following is supported by research on dynamic assessment?
A) Dynamic assessments are more culturally biased than traditional IQ tests.
B) Children’s capacity to transfer what they have learned to novel problems contributes to gains in IQ test
performance.
C) Dynamic assessments are easier to administer than traditional IQ tests.
D) Dynamic assessment underestimates the intelligence of ethnic minority children.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 244
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
91) American education
A) is adapting testing to support ethnic minority children’s learning needs.
B) places less emphasis on traditional test scores.
C) is replacing high-stakes testing with dynamic assessment.
D) places greater emphasis on traditional test scores.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 244
Skill: Factual
Objective: 9.12
92) Studies suggest that the high-stakes testing mandated by the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act
A) allows teachers to emphasize teaching for deeper understanding.
B) has improved the quality of the public educational system, particularly for minority youths.
C) has served to decrease the achievement gap between black and white students.
D) often undermines the quality of education by using fear of failure to motivate performance.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 245 Box: SI: High-Stakes Testing
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
93) Which of the following statements is true about high-stakes testing?
A) High-stakes testing upgrades the quality of education.
B) Many U.S. public schools are replacing high-stakes testing with dynamic assessment.
C) Some teachers are narrowing the scope of what they teach to strings of facts to be memorized for high-stakes tests.
D) High-stakes test scores are a better measure of a child’s true abilities than teacher-assigned grades.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 245 Box: SI: High-Stakes Testing
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.12
94) School-age children’s attitude toward language undergoes a fundamental shift when they
A) develop language awareness.
B) use private speech.
C) are exposed to bilingual education.
D) use reflective speaking.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 246
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.13
95) Which of the following is true about language development during middle childhood?
A) Vocabulary growth is much slower in middle childhood than in early childhood.
B) School-age children’s more reflective and analytical approach to language permits them to appreciate the multiple
meanings of words.
C) English-speaking children use the active voice more frequently than the passive voice during the school years.
D) Children’s use of the passive voice leads to a change in their humor.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 246
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.13
96) African-American children’s narratives are usually longer and more complex than those of white children because
African-American children
A) tend to use a topic-focused narrative style.
B) rarely use a classic form narrative style.
C) tend to use a topic-associating narrative style.
D) are more advanced in language and literacy development.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 247
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.13
97) Children of bilingual parents who teach them both languages in infancy and early childhood
A) generally take five to seven years to attain speaking and writing skills on par with those of monolingual agemates.
B) attain language milestones in both languages far later than monolingual agemates.
C) have a much smaller and less sophisticated vocabulary than monolingual children.
D) separate the language systems from the start and attain early language milestones according to a typical timetable.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 247
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.13
98) Which of the following is true about bilingual development?
A) As with first-language development, a sensitive period for second-language development exists.
B) Unlike first-language development, there is no sensitive period for second-language development.
C) Bilingual children do poorly on tests of selective attention and tend to have lower academic achievement than
monolingual agemates.
D) Bilingual children cannot transfer their phonological awareness skills in one language to the other.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 247
Skill: Conceptual
Objective: 9.13
Language: Finnish
Kirj.
Lukialle.
I. Alkupuuhat.
II. Oulusta Tervolaan.
III. Tervolasta Rovaniemeen
IV. Rovaniemeltä Auttijoen suulle.
V. Auttijoen suulta Paanajärvelle.
VI. Paanajärvellä.
VII. Retki Vartiolammille.
VIII. Paanajärveltä Kuusamon kirkonkylälle.
IX. Kuusamon kirkolla. Karhujahdille. Kuusamon kansa ja sen olot.
X. Kuusamon kirkolta Iijoen suulle.
XI. Iistä Ouluun.
XII. Lopuksi.
Lukijalle.
Arvo K.
I. Alkupuuhat.
Ja sitten pitkin kevättä, kun vaan toisiaan tavattiin, aina oli aijottu
retki kohta keskustelun aineena. Hankittiin tarkemmat kartatkin ja
niiden mukaan sitten sommiteltiin lopullinen matkasuunnitelma.
"Ja Vaasassa sitä sitten tavataan", oli viimeiset sanat, kun kättä
lyöden pääkaupungissa erosimme ja kukin lähti kotiseudullensa
viettämään nuo jälellä olevat muutamat keväiset viikot.
"Vai niin, vai niin! No –." Ja sitten niitä alkoi tulla kysymyksiä jos
minkälaisia. Pian kuitenkin pääsimme jo siksi paljon heistä edelle,
ettei enään huutamallakaan tehdyt kysymykset voineet meitä
saavuttaa. Ukot kyllä viimeiseen asti koettivat. —
Pian tuli toinen este eteen. Pato oli tuossa poikki joen, ihan
rantaan asti, ei väylää vähäistäkään. Ei muu neuvoksi, kuin vetää
koko vene täysineen poikki niemen, jonka päästä pato alkoi. Ja kun
teloja alle pantiin, niin "niinhän se meni kuin messinkihöylällä"
kolmen miehen terhakasti hankasiin tarttuessa; se oli ensimäinen
"taivallus", mutta ei suinkaan viimeinen.