Exam 11: Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development

One method of educating gifted and talented students that has become popular in the United States is _____.

A person uses a(n) _____ test to measure how much a student knows about a particular subject.

Which condition is a learning disorder related to math?

In 1975, the Education of All Handicapped Children Act stipulated that children with special needs must be educated in the _____.

A special-needs child may spend part of the day receiving targeted tutoring from a specially trained teacher in a designated place called a _____ room.

Describe how advances in children's brain functioning fuel physical development during the school years.

The ability to concentrate on some stimuli while ignoring others is referred to as _____.

In intelligence testing, mental age refers to the _____.

According to some psychologists, modern children are overprotected from bacteria and viruses, so they often are not exposed to minor infections and diseases that strengthen their immune systems. Experts call this idea the _____.

The belief that children's immune systems need to be exposed to viruses and bacteria in order to strengthen them, but that children are overprotected from this exposure, is called the _____.

Children usually have all of their permanent teeth by age _____.

According to Gardner's multiple intelligences, a successful farmer is likely to excel in _____ intelligence.

Preschool children who watch TV and drink soda are no more likely to be obese than others.

During middle childhood, children themselves contribute to weight gain by getting adults to do what they want, such as buying them candy or junk food. The ability of children to get adults to do what they want has been referred to as _____ power.

Howard Gardner proposed that there are _____ different types of intelligences.

Within the framework of developmental psychopathology, _____ is when one cause can have many final manifestations.

Over the past few decades, the rates of ADHD have _____ in the United States.

The four general principles of developmental psychopathology are: diagnosis and treatment reflect the social context; disability changes year by year; life may be better or worse in adulthood; and _____.

Childhood obesity is usually defined as a BMI above the _____ percentile.

April is tested on her mastery of college chemistry. She is taking a(n) _____.