Middle Childhood - Biosocial Development
The most commonly diagnosed learning disorder is _____.
dyslexia
Most children in the U.S. attend _____ schools.
public
The tendency to assess one’s abilities, achievements, social status, and other attributes by measuring them against those of other people is called_____.
social comparison
_____ is a hormone produced in larger quantities by males than females.
Testosterone
In the U.S., about _____ percent of children eat fast food on any given day.
30
The concept that things can be arranged in a logical way is called _____.
seriation
Both academic and social competence are aided by realistic _____.
self-perception
Rates of STIs among sexually active teenagers are _____.
rising
_____ concentrating on some stimuli while ignoring others, improves markedly at about age 7.
Selective attention
True or False: The hidden curriculum is less influential on children’s learning than the formal curriculum.
False
The capacity to adapt well to significant adversity and to overcome serious stress is called _____.
resilience
_____ is a hormone produced in larger quantities by females than males.
Estradiol
_____ is the potential to master a specific skill or to learn a certain body of knowledge.
Aptitude
_____ is a strategy in which instruction in all school subjects occurs in the second language that a child is learning.
Immersion
_____ is the way a family works to meet the needs of its members.
family function
The human papillomavirus (HPV) increases the risk of _____ in both sexes.
cancer
_____ is an educational strategy intended to help children who demonstrate below-average achievement in early grades.
Response to intervention
Mastery of pragmatics allows children to change styles of speech, or _____.
linguistic codes
True or false: When values conflict, children often choose loyalty to peers over adult standards of behavior.
True
_____ is a hormone that affects appetite and is believed to affect the onset of puberty.
Leptin