Life Span Dev Psych Final Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Most fatal childhood diseases:
occur during adolescence. are more common once children are
beyond the preschool years.
occur during middle childhood.
occur during early childhood - Correct answers✔occur during adolescence
Fumiko has the skill to focus on a specific recipe for dinner while their children are yelling and
playing video games in the background. Fumiko is utilizing what ability to successfully make
dinner?
selective attention automatization myelination deferred
attention - Correct answers✔selective attention
Which of these is a benefit of physical activity?
improved academic achievement competition time and effort
directed away from school rigid thinking - Correct
answers✔improved academic achievement Which social context
is NOT likely to correlate with childhood obesity?
,being formula rather than breast fed television in the bedrooms of
children insufficient outside play getting sufficient sleep -
Correct answers✔getting sufficient sleep
Many children use codes in their text messages (LOL, L, BRB). The use of these codes in this
context indicates that the child understands:
pragmatics phonemes mnemonics
dialects - Correct answers✔pragmatics
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky stressed:
that children would discover concepts themselves that
lessons a child learns depend on maturation that learning
occurred through scaffolding and mentoring
that children cannot be taught logic - Correct answers✔that learning occurred through
scaffolding and mentoring
A child's ability to speak formally or informally depending on the audience and the context is
called:
pragmatics reversibility
mnemonics deception - Correct
answers✔pragmatics
Teacher background, organization of the play space, and tracking are all part of the
,hidden curriculum trends in math and science study
progress in international reading socialization of youth -
Correct answers✔hidden curriculum
In the United States, more than 2 million people younger than 18 diagnosed with
attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are:
allergic to lactose on medication on stimulants only not
on any medication - Correct answers✔on medication
Alina, who has autism spectrum disorder, is provided appropriate aids and services in a
traditional classroom. This approach to education is referred to as:
inclusion individualized
environment resource
assistance
special education - Correct answers✔inclusion
The idea that our sensorimotor actions are closely linked to our thinking is referred to as:
embodied cognition executive control selective attention
executive function - Correct answers✔embodied cognition
, Compared with the rate of growth during the preschool years, the rate of growth during middle
childhood is:
slower faster no different less predictable
- Correct answers✔slower
Which of these is TRUE about child language development by the age of 6?
Children at this age can explain ideas with complex sentences.
Child at this age can accurately use metaphorical language.
Children at this age can use every part of speech except for interjections.
Children at this age can effectively use nouns and verbs only. - Correct answers✔Children at this
age can explain ideas with complex sentences
Vygotsky was known for emphasizing the social context of learning and believed that what and
how students learn is determined primarily by:
their family and culture. the
United Nations. the World
Education Act (WEA).
ideas from CEOs of major corporations. - Correct answers✔their family and culture
Although learning disorders can appear in any skill, the DSM-5 recognizes only dyslexia,
dyscalculia, and ______ (difficulty in writing).
multifinality dysgraphia dyslexia
dyscalculia - Correct answers✔dysgraphia
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Most fatal childhood diseases:
occur during adolescence. are more common once children are
beyond the preschool years.
occur during middle childhood.
occur during early childhood - Correct answers✔occur during adolescence
Fumiko has the skill to focus on a specific recipe for dinner while their children are yelling and
playing video games in the background. Fumiko is utilizing what ability to successfully make
dinner?
selective attention automatization myelination deferred
attention - Correct answers✔selective attention
Which of these is a benefit of physical activity?
improved academic achievement competition time and effort
directed away from school rigid thinking - Correct
answers✔improved academic achievement Which social context
is NOT likely to correlate with childhood obesity?
,being formula rather than breast fed television in the bedrooms of
children insufficient outside play getting sufficient sleep -
Correct answers✔getting sufficient sleep
Many children use codes in their text messages (LOL, L, BRB). The use of these codes in this
context indicates that the child understands:
pragmatics phonemes mnemonics
dialects - Correct answers✔pragmatics
Unlike Piaget, Vygotsky stressed:
that children would discover concepts themselves that
lessons a child learns depend on maturation that learning
occurred through scaffolding and mentoring
that children cannot be taught logic - Correct answers✔that learning occurred through
scaffolding and mentoring
A child's ability to speak formally or informally depending on the audience and the context is
called:
pragmatics reversibility
mnemonics deception - Correct
answers✔pragmatics
Teacher background, organization of the play space, and tracking are all part of the
,hidden curriculum trends in math and science study
progress in international reading socialization of youth -
Correct answers✔hidden curriculum
In the United States, more than 2 million people younger than 18 diagnosed with
attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are:
allergic to lactose on medication on stimulants only not
on any medication - Correct answers✔on medication
Alina, who has autism spectrum disorder, is provided appropriate aids and services in a
traditional classroom. This approach to education is referred to as:
inclusion individualized
environment resource
assistance
special education - Correct answers✔inclusion
The idea that our sensorimotor actions are closely linked to our thinking is referred to as:
embodied cognition executive control selective attention
executive function - Correct answers✔embodied cognition
, Compared with the rate of growth during the preschool years, the rate of growth during middle
childhood is:
slower faster no different less predictable
- Correct answers✔slower
Which of these is TRUE about child language development by the age of 6?
Children at this age can explain ideas with complex sentences.
Child at this age can accurately use metaphorical language.
Children at this age can use every part of speech except for interjections.
Children at this age can effectively use nouns and verbs only. - Correct answers✔Children at this
age can explain ideas with complex sentences
Vygotsky was known for emphasizing the social context of learning and believed that what and
how students learn is determined primarily by:
their family and culture. the
United Nations. the World
Education Act (WEA).
ideas from CEOs of major corporations. - Correct answers✔their family and culture
Although learning disorders can appear in any skill, the DSM-5 recognizes only dyslexia,
dyscalculia, and ______ (difficulty in writing).
multifinality dysgraphia dyslexia
dyscalculia - Correct answers✔dysgraphia
