In middle childhood, children grow an average of ______ inches in height and _________ punds in weight each year
What is 2-3 and 5
100
North American education is placing greater emphasis on
What is traditional test scores
100
According to Erkson, the psychological conflict of middle childhood is
What is industry versus inferiority
100
Raylynne is well-liked by all of her classmates. She probably has high
What is social self esteem
100
Fifth and sixth graders describe ________ as the most influential people in their lives
What is parents
200
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 exercise
200
In ____________________ classrooms student's learning is jointly constructed with the teacher and ppers.
What is social-constructivist
200
According to Erkson, a sense of ___________ can develop in middle childhood when family life fails to prepare children for school life or when teachers and peers destroy children's feelings of competence and mastery with negative responses.
What is inferiority
200
Danielle saw a man carrying a sign that said "I'm hungry" She took the man's perspective, imagined how he felt, and asked her mom if she could give her allowance to the man so that he could buy some food. Danielle has developed
What is empathy
200
In the United States, the majority of single mothers with young children live in
What is poverty
300
Jamal is able to think through a series of steps and then mentally return to the starting point. Therefore, Jamal is capable of
What is reversibility
300
During the elementary school years, on average, children learn about __________ new words each day
What is 20
300
During the school years, children refine their _________, organizing their observations of behaviors and internal states into general dispositions.
What is self-concept
300
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
300
Research on child sexual abuse indicates that the abuser is most often
What is a parent or someone the parent knows well
400
When Mike had to learn the state capitals, he grouped the states by region to assist his memory. Which memory strategy did Mike use?
What is organization
400
In international studies of reading, mathematics, and science achievement, US students
What is typically perform at the international average and sometimes below it
400
As school-aged children move into adolescence, self-concept is increasinly vested in
What is feedback from close friends
400
Children who believe that people's personality traits are ____________ rather than __________ often judge others as either "good" or "bad"
What is fixed; changeable
400
Children who live in homes with ______________________ are especially vunerable to sexual abuse
What is a constantly changing cast of characters
500
Dr. Whittier believes that many IQ tests sample knowledge and skills that not all groups of children have had the opportunity to learn. Dr. Whittier's belief reflecdts the controversial question that ethic differences in IQ have to do with
What is test bias
500
Research on giftedness indicates that many gifted children and adolescents are
What is socially isolated
500
School-age children use frequent ______ in their self-descriptions
What is social comparisons
500
Children and adults with __________ are more likely to hold racial and ethnic prejudices
What is overly high self-esteem
500
Chldren whose mothers enjoy their work outside the home and remain committed to parenting _______________ in school than children of stay-at-home mothers.