Question 1

To avoid excess weight and later cardiac problems, young children should:

Accepted Answer

get no more than one-third of their total fat from saturated fats.

Question 2

Permanent teeth begin to appear at about age:

Accepted Answer

6

Question 3

Which of the following does NOT encourage children to have good sleep habits?

Accepted Answer

eating right before bedtime

Question 4

Persistent enuresis is primarily:

Accepted Answer

an inherited problem.

Question 5

Young children develop best physically when they are active in:

Accepted Answer

unstructured free play.

Question 6

Environmental contaminants may play a role in certain childhood illness and higher risks such as:

Accepted Answer

childhood cancers, neurological disorders, ADHD, and mental retardation.

Question 7

Parental smoking is a preventable cause of childhood illness and death and:

Accepted Answer

the illnesses from this exposure help build natural immunity.

Question 8

What percentage of U.S. children live in counties that failed to meet 2006 air quality standards?

Accepted Answer

approximately 55 percent

Question 9

Since 1980, children\'s blood lead levels have:

Accepted Answer

declined.

Question 10

Many homeless children spend their crucial early years:

Accepted Answer

n unstable, insecure, and often unsanitary environments.

Question 11

Preschoolers who are allowed to eat when they are hungry are less likely to regulate their own caloric intake than children fed on a schedule.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 12

Night terrors often occur between ages 3 and 13 and mostly among girls.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

Many bed-wetters lack an anti-diuretic hormone, which concentrates urine during sleep.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 14

Right-handedness is more common than left-handedness because the left hemisphere of the brain is usually dominant.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 15

Only moderate to high levels of exposure to lead are dangerous to children.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 16

Families now comprise 33 percent of the homeless population.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

Thumb sucking will only affect permanent teeth if it persists beyond age 4.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 18

Pesticide residues are found in food, water, lawns, and gardens.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 19

Food insecurity is experienced when the amount and kind of food required for a healthy lifestyle is insufficient.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 20

All 50 states and the District of Columbia require children to ride in specially designed seats or wear standard seat belts.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 21

Children from the ages 6-11 generally gain about _____.

Accepted Answer

Double their weight in that period

Question 22

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding children during middle childhood?

Accepted Answer

African-American children grow faster than white children.

Question 23

On average, school children need approximately _____ calories every day.

Accepted Answer

2,400

Question 24

Much of the improvement in children\'s dental health is attributed to:

Accepted Answer

the use of adhesive sealants.

Question 25

Which of the following is FALSE in regard to overweight children in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Girls are more likely to be overweight than boys.

Question 26

Which of the following is FALSE in regard to chronically obese children?

Accepted Answer

They rate their quality of life positively.

Question 27

At age six, girls:

Accepted Answer

favor games that include verbal expression.

Question 28

Research has found that the more time children spend watching TV, the more likely they are to:

Accepted Answer

feel anxious at bedtime.

Question 29

Which of the following is FALSE in regard to stuttering?

Accepted Answer

It is a lifelong condition.

Question 30

Asthma is:

Accepted Answer

widely regarded as a neurological condition.

Question 31

In 2003, the FDA approved the use of prescribed growth hormone therapy.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 32

Children should get approximately one half of their total daily calories from fat.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 33

Permanent teeth appear at a rate of about four teeth per year

Accepted Answer

true

Question 34

Children becoming overweight is becoming a major health issue worldwide.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 35

Boys around the world participate in rough-and-tumble play more than girls do.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 36

The death rate in middle childhood is the lowest in the lifespan.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 37

In today\'s society, children of all ages get more sleep than they need.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 38

Accidental injuries account for less than 30 percent of deaths in childhood.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 39

Acute medical conditions are illnesses that persist for at least three months.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 40

Taxes on soft drinks may be one way to contend with the \"overweight epidemic\".

Accepted Answer

true

Question 41

Andrea can use a map to help her search for a hidden object. What cognitive ability has she acquired?

Accepted Answer

spatial thinking

Question 42

The ability to see the relationship between a whole and its parts is called:

Accepted Answer

class inclusion.

Question 43

Alan makes a list of items he must take to school in the morning. Which mnemonic strategy is he using?

Accepted Answer

external memory aid

Question 44

Which of the following intelligence tests is designed to evaluate cognitive abilities in children with diverse needs and varying cultural and linguistic backgrounds?

Accepted Answer

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Question 45

Children often identify a printed word by translating it from print to speech before retrieving it from long-term memory. This is called:

Accepted Answer

decoding.

Question 46

Students who are high in self-efficacy DO NOT:

Accepted Answer

become frustrated easily.

Question 47

Which of the following is TRUE in regard to Socioeconomic Status?

Accepted Answer

Boys from low-income families do not do as well on spatial tasks.

Question 48

The system of teaching non-English speaking children in their native language while they learn English, and later switching to all-English instruction is called:

Accepted Answer

bilingual education.

Question 49

Children with ADHD are more likely to:

Accepted Answer

Tests of creativity require:

Question 50

Tests of creativity require:

Accepted Answer

divergent thinking.

Question 51

Observations of minimally schooled people in developing countries suggest that children learn to add through concrete experience.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 52

Piaget\'s first stage of moral development is characterized by increasing flexibility and some degree of autonomy.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 53

Awareness of one\'s own thinking is called metacognition.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 54

The growing capacity for selective attention during middle childhood is due to neurological maturation.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 55

Dynamic tests measure what a child has learned.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 56

A criticism of IQ tests is that they measure native ability and not knowledge derived from life experiences.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 57

Howard Gardner has identified eight distinct kinds of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 58

School-age children\'s major area of linguistic growth is syntactic structure.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 59

The whole-language approach emphasizes visual retrieval and the use of contextual cues.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 60

In the United States in 2007, over 20% of children between 5 and 17 spoke a language other than English at home.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 61

Broad, inclusive self-concepts that integrate various aspects of the self are called:

Accepted Answer

representational systems.

Question 62

Children with high self-esteem are generally thought to:

Accepted Answer

be more competent.

Question 63

Which of the following is FALSE about children low in effortful control?

Accepted Answer

They stifle the impulse to show negative emotion.

Question 64

In regard to children\'s control of behavior, middle childhood brings a transitional stage in which:

Accepted Answer

parents and children share the power

psy 210 – Flashcard

Unlock all answers in this set

Haven't found what you were looking for?

Search for samples, answers to your questions and flashcards