Psych lifespan – Flashcards
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During middle childhood, children understand all of these aspects of language EXCEPT for:
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sarcasm
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Children can focus without becoming distracted, persist at tasks, and exhibit quick, efficient memory due the development of:
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preoperational thought
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Traditionally in the United States, most private schools were operated by:
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the Catholic Church
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The approach to teaching a second language in which children spend the entire day instructed in the second language is referred to as the _____ approach
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heritage language additive bilingual
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The health habits that children develop during the middle childhood years are:
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related to their health in adolescence and adulthood.
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According to Piaget, which ability do children gain during middle childhood?
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Logic
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Which learning disability is characterized by unusual difficulty with reading?
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dyslexia
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Since 1980 the rate of childhood asthma in the United States has
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tripled
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Professor Schuyler believes that people's brains work very much like a computer in terms of input, processing, and output. The professor believes in _____ theory.
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the information processing
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When capable of concrete operational thought, children
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can apply their reasoning to real, tangible situations
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Which statement describes the gender-similarities hypothesis accurately
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boys and girls are similar in most test measures, with trivial exceptions.
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Nine-year-old child Devon writes, "My brother eats like a hungry pig." This statement demonstrates his understanding of:
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metaphor
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Achievement tests are designed to measure one's
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knowledge about a subject
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One problem with smaller school class sizes is that
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the research supporting their advantages is mixed. evidence supporting their benefits is correlational Polticians won't support them
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Which child is less likely to receive high-quality medical care for asthma? A child whose parents:
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qualify for public insurance such as Medicaid
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Seamus is very talented at drawing and obsessive about details when drawing pictures. His speech is close to normal, but he tends to shy away from other children and is awkward when trying to relate to others. Which diagnosis would BEST fit Seamus's behavior
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Asperger syndrome
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Achievement tests are to aptitude tests as ______ is to ______.
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knowledge; potential
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Which statement about treatment for autism is TRUE?
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No biochemical treatment has been found to be completely successful for treating autism.
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Growth in brain sophistication during middle childhood allows the child to focus on certain stimuli and exclude others. This ability is known as:
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selective attention
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Many psychoactive drugs are prescribed to children to treat depression without being thoroughly tested on children. Therefore, the use of these drugs for children is referred to as:
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off-label
