Jennay was an overweight African American girl in the fourth grade when her school participated in the multicomponent school nutrition policy initiative. She ate school lunches every day during elementary school. On the basis of data from the initiative research, what changes, if any, did she likely experience as a result of the initiative?
a. decrease in food consumption
b. increase in weight among African American girls
c. negative body image among girls
d. no changes in overweight among African American girls
Ques. 2Maya is a an eleven-year-old girl who is vision impaired. She loves sports and wants to stay physically active. She even knows a lot about activities for disabled children and has a supportive family. For Maya and children like her, what barrier keeps them from participating?
a. psychosocial implications
b. high costs for specialized programs
c. high risks and fear of injury
d. experts' recommendations against participation.
Ques. 3What effect does participation in sports have on shy children?
a. Shy children tend to become increasingly anxious and struggle with the competitive nature of organized sports.
b. Organized sports have a positive effect on the physical well-being of shy children, but a negative effect on self-esteem.
c. Organized sports help shy children reach higher levels of self-esteem and decrease their social anxiety over time.
d. Organized sports tend to have a negative effect on shy children, increasing their levels of social anxiety.
Ques. 4Shonda is a 9-year-old girl who loves to spend time with her family and enjoys helping her grandmother cook. Her grandmother has developed osteoporosis, and Shonda's parents want to help Shonda prevent the disease. What should they do?
a. Encourage weight-bearing exercises and a diet that is high in calcium.
b. Discourage cooking with her grandmother and encourage a lowfat diet.
c. Begin the use of dietary supplements to increase muslce mass.
d. Limit athletic activities that involve rigorous running such as soccer.
Ques. 5If 10-year-old Rubin's body growth is typical for boys his age, he:
a. has few gains in motor coordination despite his fast growth at this age.
b. probably weighs between 100 and 105 pounds.
c. is growing slowly and steadily and has more bone mass than the girls his age.
d. is having sudden growth spurts and is taller than most girls his age.
Ques. 6Teachers can implement new types of learning experiences promote higher cognitive processes for children in the middle years. By age 9 most children can:
a. overcome negative effects of stressors such as lack of sleep.
b. remember and reflect upon what they have learned.
c. use their language skills to compensate for memory limitations.
d. increase executive functions by decreasing lateralization.
Ques. 7What are the effects of recess on children's behavior and performance at school?
a. Increase in hostile behavior and lower in academic performance
b. Better behavior, but lower academic performance
c. Better behavior and better academic performance
d. Distracted behaviors increase and academic performance is unaffected
Ques. 8During 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. 9Ms. 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.
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