Research shows that obesity has caused a dramatic rise in cases of _________ in children.
What is diabetes
100
Children with persistent learning difficulties in reading and math are often deficient in
What is working-memory capacity
100
Rochelle ist aking 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
From the third to sixth grade, boys tend to _______ their identification with "masculine" personality traits, whereas girls' identification with "feminine" personality traits ___________.
What is strengthen; decline
200
Research confirms that __________ plays a large role in accounting for boys' gross-motor superiority.
What is the social environment
200
Quinn knows that he should group items when memorizing lists, but he does not always do so. Quinn is not yet good at
What is cognitive self-regulation
200
School-age children use frequent ________- in their self-descriptions.
What is social comparisons
200
Children who believe that people's personality traits are _________ rather than __________ often judge others as either "good" or "bad"
What is fixed; changeable
200
A study conducted showed that 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 physical education classes but should but less emphasis on _____________ and more emphasis on _______ in their physical education programs.
What is competitive sports; informal games and individual exercise.
300
In Sternberg's triarchic theory, intelligent behavior invovles balancing _________ intelligences
What is analytical, creative, and practical
300
Compared to his Caucasian-American agemates, Leonard, an African American forth grader is more likely to have higher __________ and a stronger sense of ________
What is self esteem; ethnic pride
300
During the school years, friendship becomes
What is more psychologically based
300
Noncustodial fathers who see their children only occassionally tend to take on a ________ style of parenting
What is permissive
400
Seven year old Paolo can efficiently arrange a series of sticks of different lengths from shortest to longest. Paolo has developed an ability called
What is seriation
400
On a basis of twin studies and other kinship evidence, researchers estimate that about __________ of the differences in IQ among children can be traced to their genetic makeup
What is half
400
Children who are high in academic self-esteem adn motivation make _____________ attirbutions, crediting their success to ________
What is mastery-oriented; ability
400
__________ children are at the highest risk for poor school performance, substance abuse, and antisocial behavior in adolescence and delinquency with criminality in early adulthood
What is Rejected
400
Children in Western nations mention _________ as the most common source of their fears
What is exposure to negative information in the media
500
The very experience of _________ seems to promote mastery of Piagetian tasks.
What is going to school
500
Yolanda and Steve want their son, Manny, to attain full proficiency in English and Spanish. To achieve this goal, Manny's mastery of the second language should begin _____
What is sometime in childhood
500
___________ parenting is correlated with unrealistically high self-esteem
What is Indulgent
500
Rejected aggressive children are deficient in
What is perspective taking
500
Research demonstrates that only children ______________ compared to children with siblings
What is are higher in self esteem and achievement motivation