30 Questions
Which of the following is NOT one of the multiple intelligences identified by Howard Gardner?
Verbal skill
What type of intelligence is associated with a child who can easily navigate their way around their neighborhood or across large stretches of terrain?
Spatial intelligence
Which of the following is NOT a psychosocial challenge in middle childhood?
Financial wellbeing
What is the term for motivation that comes from within and is task-related?
Intrinsic motivation
What does effective parental monitoring involve?
Creating a trusting relationship
How are childhood peer groups segregated?
By gender
Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development do children move to in middle childhood?
Concrete Operational
What are the positive physical effects of sport participation?
Improved motor coordination
What are the positive psychological effects of sport participation?
Improved achievement motivation
What are the negative physical effects of sport participation?
Sports-related injuries
What are the negative psychological effects of sport participation?
Increased concern with individual performance improvement
What three concepts are used to resolve the difficulties with conservation in concrete operational thought?
Identity, reversibility, classification
According to the text, which of the following is true about gender roles?
Gender roles are flexible.
What is the process of acquiring gender-consistent behaviors called?
Gender typing
True or False: Negative reinforcement by peers of gender-inappropriate play can be more influential than that of adults.
True
What is androgyny?
The combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.
Which of the following is a cognitive theory of gender-role development?
Kohlberg's Gender Constancy
What do cognitive theories of gender-role development minimize?
Social and cultural effects
According to the text, what are the characteristics of the 'popular' peer status category?
Pro-social, good at sport, academically bright, good sense of humour
According to the text, what is rejection associated with?
Negative evaluations, socially inappropriate behaviors, academic problems
According to the text, what can friendships do?
All of the above
According to the text, what are the functions of friendship?
All of the above
According to the text, what is adolescence?
Period from age 12-20
According to the text, what physical development do adolescents experience?
Growth spurt
Which of the following is NOT a focus of cognitive abilities?
Physical development
Selective attention refers to the ability to:
Screen out distractions
What is the definition of memory?
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
What is metalinguistic awareness?
The ability to objecDfy language as a process as well as an artefact
What is the definition of intelligence?
Ability to perceive information and retain it as knowledge
What do intelligence tests measure?
General ability
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