Test Prep
Children are said to be intellectually disabled with an IQ score of
70-75
Children 10-12 years old evaluate their parents less harshly than in the earlier years of middle childhood
False
What happens to children's self esteem in middle childhood
it declines
What age does the ability to ignore distractions increase dramatically
6-9 years of age
over the past 20 years the prevalence of obesity in the US has
Doubled
What does research about parents in conflict that stay together for children show
It all depends on how parents behave in front of or towards the children
Bullies are more likely to have conduct disorders
True
What is Learned Helplessness.
A learned belief that one is unable to control one’s environment.
What group is most likely to show similarity in IQ scores
Identical twins
What is childhood obesity caused by
A combination of heredity and environmental factors.
What is the likelihood that children raised in gay or lesbian families will have a lesbian or gay orientation
The same as children raised in heterosexual families
Maternal employment is directly connected to the likelihood of children will become delinquent.
False only if the father and mother both don't give the child good supervision
What kind of parenting contributes to high self esteem in a child.
Authoritative
What is the best way to keep information in working memory
Rehearsal
Throughout middle childhood children slowly improve their ability to perform ___motor skills.
gross
According to evolutionary theory stepparents may be less devoted to helping step children because...
People often act as if they want their own genes to be successful in the next generation.
ADHD is caused by chemical food additives
False
Between the age of 7 and 12 what do children see friends as
Someone providing mutual support over a long period of time.
What is the most common treatment for ADHD
Stimulants
The amount of time required to respond to a stimulus is called
Reaction time
What theorist considered bodily kinesthetic ability to be intelligence
Gardner
Between 16%-25% of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight or obese.
True
What is Social Cognition
The development of children's understanding of the relationship between the self and others.
At the preconventional level of moral development children judge what is right and wrong on a basis of
obedience and what they think a punishment entails
By what age do children usually tie their shoelaces and hold pencils like adults do.
6-7 year of age