Developmental Psychology Questions
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Your sister came home from a pediatrician's visit with your 9-year-old nephew and was very worried because the doctor told her that your nephew has myopia. She was also very unhappy because the pediatrician failed to give her medication to treat it. What would you tell her about myopia?
In the United States, it is estimated that __________ of children ages 5 to 9 are diagnosed with ADHD. Boys are more than __________ as likely than girls to have ADHD.
By the end of middle childhood, the fine motor abilities have generally __________, whereas gross motor development __________.
You are a parent of two children who are 7 and 9 years old. You have noticed that both of them are starting to look like they are gaining weight. According to the text, what is the most important thing that you can do to ensure that they will not become overweight or obese?
At what age do children understand the difference between an advertisement and an actual program?
What is the term that describes many Asian cultures' belief that children are expected to respect, obey, and revere their parents throughout life?
Not many 3- or 4-year-olds can __________ successfully, but nearly all __________-year-olds can.
Approximately __________ of obese children remain overweight as adults.
Health experts recommend __________ of __________ a day for children ages 6 to 17, but it appears that only 20% of them actually do.
When do children learn when it is culturally appropriate to speak and when it is best to keep their thoughts to themselves?
One major difference between low-income children who participated in the High Scope Preschool Project and those that did not participate was that at age 27 years, __________.
One factor that makes cultural learning in developed countries different from cultural learning in traditional cultures is that in developed countries, children __________.
According to Piaget, children from the ages of 2 to 7 are in the __________ stage of cognitive development.
Boys with authoritarian parents are more likely to show __________, whereas girls more often show __________.
Regarding preschool education, the United States prioritizes __________, whereas Japan prioritizes __________.
Michael's father is amazed at the how much his daughter Emily's vocabulary has grown from the time she was 3 to her 6th birthday. You tell Michael that from age 3 to age 6, the average child's vocabulary __________.
Which parenting style is low in demandingness but high in responsiveness?
During early childhood, children's play becomes __________.
In the conservation-of-liquid task described in the text, children who watch the water being poured from the original glass to the taller glass and fail to understand the amount of water remains the same are lacking __________.
According to Erikson's life span theory, early childhood is identified as __________.