1) about _______ percent of children are repeatedly victimized by bullies.
a)3 to 7
b)9 to 12
c)15 to 30
d)35 to 50
2) emma, age 8, can turn cartwheels, do the splits, and do handsprings. this is probably
due to which two factors of growth in middle childhood?
a)ligaments not firmly attached to bones; increasing muscle strength
b)hardening of the bones; tightening of ligaments
c)muscles that are loosely attached to bones; undeveloped muscle tone
d)underdeveloped hip and knee joints; muscles that do not fully develop until
adolescence
3) rejected-withdrawn children are
a)impulsive and hyperactive.
b)likely to blame others for their social difficulties.
c)socially awkward and passive.
d)good students who have problems with adult authority.
4) the leading cause of infant mortality between 1 week and 12 months in industrialized
nations is
a)birth trauma.
b)congenital defects.
c)child abuse.
d)sudden infant death syndrome.
5) by the end of the school years, nearly ____ percent of all children have myopia.
a)15
b)25
c)35
d)45
6) between ages 2 and 6, the brain increases to _____ percent of its adult weight.
a)60
b)70
c)80
d)90
7) which of the following is true about parents answers to their childrens questions?
a)when parents do not respond informatively, most preschoolers abandon their
questions.
b)parents adjust the complexity of their answers to fit their childrens maturity.
c)parents rarely include additional relevant knowledge when answering their childrens
questions.
d)older children frequently get prior cause explanations, while younger children
typically get mechanism explanations.
8) unlike group tests, individually administered intelligence tests
a)permit large numbers of students to be tested at once.
b)are useful in instructional planning.
c)must be given by trained individuals.
d)identify children who require more extensive group evaluation.
9) at age 10, paige spent hours sorting and resorting her collection of bracelets,
grouping them first by color, then by size, and finally by shape. paige has become
aware of
a)transitive inference.
b)conservation.
c)classification hierarchies.
d)decentration.
10) four-year-old dandre is upset when his friends exclude him from a game. dandre sits
in the sandbox alone and plays with the dump truck instead. dandre is displaying
a)effortful control.
b)situational empathy.
c)scaffolding.
d)altruistic behavior.
11) identify piagets substages of sensorimotor development, including the adaptive
behaviors associated with each substage.
12) discuss the use of synthetic growth hormone (gh) to treat short, normal-gh children.
13) list and describe common factors associated with childhood obesity.
14) explain how adults can foster preschoolers language development.
15) describe the signs that indicate that labor is near.
16) how well do infant tests predict later intelligence? what are some alternatives to
traditional infant tests?