Inactivity is both a _____________ and a ______________ of excessive weight gain in children.
What is cause and consequence
100
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?
What is elaboration
100
Rochelle is taking a test in which she is asked to come up with as many different ways as possible to make use of a straw. This is most likely a test of
What is divergent thinking
100
When Erica's best friend makes her angry, she takes a deep breath and counts to ten. Erica is using
What is emotion-centered coping
100
Research demonstrates that only childre are higher in ________ and __________ compared to children with siblings
What is self-esteem and achievement motivation
200
Research confirms that the _____________ plays a large role in accounting for boys' gross motor superiority
What is the social environment
200
Research on ________ revelas taht school-age children view the mind as an active and controllable agent
What is Theroy of mind
200
According to Erikson, the psychological conflict of middle childhood is
What is industry versus inferiority
200
Chidlren and adults with _______________ are more likely to hold racial and ethnic prejudices
What is overly high self esteem
200
Fifth and sixth graders describe ________ as the most influential people in their lives
What is parents
300
Many experts believe that schools should not only offer more frequent physical education classes but should put less emphasis on _______ and more emphasis on _________ in their physical education programs.
What is competitive sports; informal games and individual exercises.
300
In Sternberg's triarchic theory, intelligent behavior involves balancing what three things
What is analytical, creative, and practical intelligences
300
As school age children move into adolescence, self-concept is increasinly based on
What is feedback from close friends
300
When classmates are asked to rate each others likeability, _______________ children get many positive votes, whereas ________-- children are seldom mentioned.
What is popular; neglected
300
Depsite concerns of middle childhoo, child rearing becomes easier for those parents who established an __________ style in the early years
What is authoritative
400
According to PIaget, one limitation of concrete operational thought is that children's mental operations work poorly with
What is abstract ideas
400
Many ethnic minority parents without extensive schooling prefer a _________ style of communication
What is collaborative
400
Self-esteem takes on a __________- structure in the mid-elementary school years
What is hierarchical
400
On a measure of peer acceptance, Michael received a large number of positive and negative votes. Michael would be considered a _________ child
What is controversial
400
In the U.S. the majority of single mothers with young children live
What is in poverty
500
School-age children master concrete operational tasks _________________, in a continuum of acquistion
What is gradually
500
In ___________ classrooms students learning is jointly contructed with the teacher and peers
What is social-constructivist
500
When Tyler receives a high test grade, he attributes it to luck, but when he gets a low test grade, he attributes it to not being smar. Tyler has developed
What is learned helplessness
500
Octavio feels satisfied wit his gender assignment, which consequently makes him happy. Which of the self-evaluations reflects his gender identity
What is gender contentedness
500
From third grade to sixth grade, boys __________ their identification with "masculine" personality traits, whereas girls' identification with "feminine" personality traits __________________.