Physical Development
During middle childhood, children typically gain this many pounds each year.
What is 5–7 pounds per year?
According to Piaget, children in middle childhood are in this stage.
What is the Concrete Operational Stage?
This psychologist proposed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.
Who is Howard Gardner?
Erikson believed children in middle childhood struggle with this psychosocial conflict.
What is Industry vs. Inferiority?
ADHD is characterized by persistent patterns of these two behaviors.
What are inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity?
Children usually grow about this much in height each year.
What is approximately 2 inches per year?
Children in this stage struggle most with these types of thinking.
What are abstract and hypothetical thinking?
Intelligence tests should consistently produce similar results over time. This is called:
What is reliability?
This refers to how positively or negatively you evaluate yourself.
What is self-esteem?
Approximately this percentage of children are diagnosed with ADHD.
What is about 7%?
At about age seven, this organ has reached nearly adult size.
What is the brain?
This type of memory temporarily stores and manipulates information.
What is working memory?
Intelligence tests must measure what they claim to measure. This is called:
What is validity?
Your beliefs about who you are, including age and abilities.
What is self-concept?
The most common medication used to treat ADHD.
What are stimulants?
This brain structure plays an important role in forming memories.
What is the hippocampus?
The removal of unused neural connections that improves processing speed.
What is synaptic pruning?
IQ scores have increased about three points every decade. This phenomenon is called:
What is the Flynn Effect?
Belief in your ability to successfully complete a task.
What is self-efficacy?
This federal law guarantees students with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
Long bone growth stretches muscles and ligaments, leading to these common childhood aches.
What are growing pains?
Increased insulation around neurons speeds communication in the brain.
What is myelination?
An IQ score below this number generally indicates an intellectual disability.
What is 70?
According to Berger (2005), families should provide these five essential functions.
What are food/shelter, encouragement of learning, self-esteem, peer friendships, and harmony/stability?
The legally required educational plan that outlines goals and accommodations for students with disabilities.
What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?