During the middle years, the myelination in the prefrontal cortex promotes:

During the middle years, the myelination in the prefrontal cortex promotes:
 
  a. concrete information processing.
  b. decreased lateralization of the two brain hemispheres.
  c. uninhibited, spontaneous behaviors.
  d. better planning and goal setting.

Ques. 2

Ms. Lozano is a typical fifth grade teacher in a typical elementary school in the US. What is she most likely to do about PE for her students?
 
  a. Recognize the imoprtance of PE and allocate the recommended 30 minutes per day for PE activities.
  b. Allow students to vote and determine how often they will engage in PE activities.
  c. Increase the amount of PE time, allocating 40 minutes per day to help children meet the recommended 60 minutes of activity per day.
  d. Reduce the amount of time allocated for PE in order to meet academic criteria.

Ques. 3

Which child is most at risk to experience poor oral health?
 
  a. A child with a disability.
  b. A child who does not thoroughly chew food.
  c. A child from an urban area.
  d. A child will low body mass.

Ques. 4

Which child or group of children is most likely to meet the recommended fitness criteria set for ensuring healthy children and adolescents?
 
  a. An urban child at age 11-12
  b. A 9-year-old boy
  c. A child from a low SES community
  d. An 11-year-old girl

Ques. 5

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, how much moderate to vigorous exercise should children get during middle childhood?
 
  a. 60 minutes per day
  b. 20 minutes per day
  c. 60 minutes per week
  d. 200 minutes per week

Ques. 6

Children with dyslexia:
 
  a. have fewer cells and connections in the hypocampus and are limited in their abilities to specialize.
  b. are incapable of higher order thinking but can compensate for language deficits.
  c. can learn specific strategies that compensate for their disability by using other areas of their brain.
  d. are capable of integrating new information into their knowledge base, but they cannot integrate past experiences.

Ques. 7

Brenda has experienced terrible child abuse. Her father, an alcoholic, is abusive during and immediately after drinking binges. He is actually quite nice and charming when he isn't drinking, but his behavior is unpredictable. Brenda is never quite sure whether the nice father or mean father will come home at night. As a result of the physical and emotional abuse, what are the likely consequences for Brenda in her teenage and adult years?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Ques. 8

Bone mass typically peaks during what age?
 
  a. preschool years
  b. mid-20s
  c. late adulthood
  d. before the onset of adolescence

Ques. 9

One key dimension of self that is likely to differ between American children and Japanese children is:
 
  a. the identification with individualism versus collectivism.
  b. personal agency versus self-esteem.
  c. social self versus subjective self.
  d. self-representation versus social-representation.