DEVELOPMENT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & ACTUAL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Girls are shorter and _______ than boys until age ____ then they hit a growth spurt. -
CORRECT ANSWER lighter; nine
Poor nutrition in middle childhood is related to _____ meals with families and too many
_____ foods and soft drinks. - CORRECT ANSWER fewer; fried
Over 70% of obese and overweight children will become __________ adults at risk for
health problems. - CORRECT ANSWER overweight
During the first two years of school we miss several days of school due to illness
because of increased ________ and a __________ immune system. - CORRECT
ANSWER exposure; developing
About one third of children with a chronic illness in the U.S. have ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER asthma
During middle childhood,children develop improved _______ which helps them to
moving forwards, backwards and sideways in activities such as cheerleading and
soccer. - CORRECT ANSWER agility
In middle childhood our fine motor skills improve as evidenced by being able to _____
the alphabet and first and last name legibly. - CORRECT ANSWER write
By the end of preschool, accurate copies of ___-dimensional shapes are evident in
children's drawings. - CORRECT ANSWER two
For lower SES children it is important that _______ and community provide
opportunities to improve gross motor skills such as equipment and lessons. -
CORRECT ANSWER schools
In adult-organized sports such as YMCA football, it is important that coaches
_________ enjoyment and __________ unhealthy competition. - CORRECT ANSWER
emphasize; discourage
, Regular, unstructured recess fosters children's health and competence physically,
____________, and socially. - CORRECT ANSWER academically
Child-organized sports include invented games where as much _____ is placed on the
rules as is playing the game. - CORRECT ANSWER focus
During Piaget's Concrete Operational Phase, children are better with ____________,
the ability to focus on several aspects of the problem and relating them. - CORRECT
ANSWER decentration
Children who have mastered ______________ are able to focus on relations between a
general category and two specific categories at the same time. - CORRECT ANSWER
classification
During middle childhood attention becomes more _________. - CORRECT ANSWER
selective
During middle childhood, children will often make a ____ before completing a task, such
as searching for items. - CORRECT ANSWER plan
Creating a relationship between two or more pieces of information that are not members
of the same category is called a/an ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER elaboration
One way to help children with ADHD in the classroom is to display _____ and concise
rules in your classroom. - CORRECT ANSWER clear
In order to promote cognitive self-regulation, adults can point out special _______ of
tasks and emphasize the value of self-__________. - CORRECT ANSWER demands;
correction
The whole-language approach believes that children should be exposed to text in its
________ form so they can appreciate the communicative form of written language. -
CORRECT ANSWER complete
Individual IQ tests are often used to identify ______ intelligent children and children with
learning problems. - CORRECT ANSWER highly
Gardner believed individuals have multiple intelligences which allow them to engage in
__________ valued activities. - CORRECT ANSWER culturally
One of the benefits of smaller classrooms is that teachers have more time to pay
__________ attention to students. - CORRECT ANSWER individual
Mr. Johnson's class is arranged in rows. His students are passive and he does most of
the talking. He has all the knowledge and makes the rules in his class. Mr. Johnson has
a ___________ classroom. - CORRECT ANSWER traditional