Which of these young children is hurried, according to David Elkind's expressed concerns?
a. Elliptica, who competes in elementary school sports
b. Algo, age three, whose parents enrolled him in an academic preschool
c. Junker, who builds Lego toys without adult interference
d. Morff, age four, who turned down a chance to attend preschool
Question 2Strategies are operations that are
a. reflexes that happen quickly to particular stimuli.
b. deliberately applied to improve performance.
c. unconscious and automatically applied.
d. conscious and automatically applied.
Question 3Teaching children manners, cooperation, consideration for others, and good citizenship is part of the ____ of schooling.
a. manifest destiny
b. informal curriculum
c. psychological androgyny
d. aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI)
Question 4Mylenization and the elimination of unnecessary neural synapses may explain
a. aging.
b. plasticity.
c. accommodation.
d. improved processing speed.
Question 5An example of age differences in popularity relates to how a child interacts with
a. teachers.
b. children from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
c. members of the opposite sex.
d. parents.
Question 6Which maturational change has been identified as the source of age-related improvements in children's processing speed?
a. Myelinization of the brain's associative areas
b. Strengthening of the body's large muscles
c. Resiliency of the body's immune system
d. Tendency to eat a well-balanced diet
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