APSY 203 - EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which statement about individual differences in motor skills during early childhood is
true?
Question options:
a)
Girls have an edge over boys in fine-motor skills.
b)
Girls can broad-jump slightly farther than boys.
c)
Girls can run slightly faster than boys.
d)
Girls are ahead of boys in skills that emphasize force. - Answers - a)
Girls have an edge over boys in fine-motor skills.
By age 5, boys ________ than girls.
Question options:
a)
can broad-jump slightly farther
b)
have better precision of movement
c)
can hop and skip better
d)
have better balance - Answers - a)
can broad-jump slightly farther
X-rays of epiphyses enable doctors to estimate children's ________.
Question options:
a)
brain development
b)
loss of baby teeth
c)
adult weight
d)
skeletal age - Answers - d)
skeletal age
Between ages 2 and 6, ________.
Question options:
a)
synaptic pruning slows or ends in many parts of the cerebral cortex
b)
the brain increases from 70 percent of its adult weight to 90 percent
, c)
energy consumption of most cortical regions diminishes to near-adult levels
d)
the brain increases from 40 percent of its adult weight to 60 percent - Answers - b)
the brain increases from 70 percent of its adult weight to 90 percent
For most children, ________.
Question options:
a)
activity in the right hemisphere increases dramatically between ages 2 and 6
b)
activity in the left hemisphere peaks between 1 and 3 years and decreases slowly
c)
the left hemisphere is especially active between 3 and 6 years and then levels off
d)
activity in the left hemisphere increases slowly throughout early and middle childhood -
Answers - c)
the left hemisphere is especially active between 3 and 6 years and then levels off
Fibers linking the ________ to the ________ grow and myelinate from birth through the
preschool years, contributing to dramatic gains in motor coordination.
Question options:
a)
cerebellum; cerebral cortex
b)
reticular formation; cerebellum
c)
corpus callosum; reticular formation
d)
cerebral cortex; hippocampus - Answers - a)
cerebellum; cerebral cortex
The hippocampus plays a vital role in ________.
Question options:
a)
balance and control of body movement
b)
fine motor skills
c)
sustained, controlled attention
d)
memory and spatial understanding. - Answers - d)
memory and spatial understanding.
A study by the National Institutes of Health measuring the differences in gray matter
volume found that ___.
Which statement about individual differences in motor skills during early childhood is
true?
Question options:
a)
Girls have an edge over boys in fine-motor skills.
b)
Girls can broad-jump slightly farther than boys.
c)
Girls can run slightly faster than boys.
d)
Girls are ahead of boys in skills that emphasize force. - Answers - a)
Girls have an edge over boys in fine-motor skills.
By age 5, boys ________ than girls.
Question options:
a)
can broad-jump slightly farther
b)
have better precision of movement
c)
can hop and skip better
d)
have better balance - Answers - a)
can broad-jump slightly farther
X-rays of epiphyses enable doctors to estimate children's ________.
Question options:
a)
brain development
b)
loss of baby teeth
c)
adult weight
d)
skeletal age - Answers - d)
skeletal age
Between ages 2 and 6, ________.
Question options:
a)
synaptic pruning slows or ends in many parts of the cerebral cortex
b)
the brain increases from 70 percent of its adult weight to 90 percent
, c)
energy consumption of most cortical regions diminishes to near-adult levels
d)
the brain increases from 40 percent of its adult weight to 60 percent - Answers - b)
the brain increases from 70 percent of its adult weight to 90 percent
For most children, ________.
Question options:
a)
activity in the right hemisphere increases dramatically between ages 2 and 6
b)
activity in the left hemisphere peaks between 1 and 3 years and decreases slowly
c)
the left hemisphere is especially active between 3 and 6 years and then levels off
d)
activity in the left hemisphere increases slowly throughout early and middle childhood -
Answers - c)
the left hemisphere is especially active between 3 and 6 years and then levels off
Fibers linking the ________ to the ________ grow and myelinate from birth through the
preschool years, contributing to dramatic gains in motor coordination.
Question options:
a)
cerebellum; cerebral cortex
b)
reticular formation; cerebellum
c)
corpus callosum; reticular formation
d)
cerebral cortex; hippocampus - Answers - a)
cerebellum; cerebral cortex
The hippocampus plays a vital role in ________.
Question options:
a)
balance and control of body movement
b)
fine motor skills
c)
sustained, controlled attention
d)
memory and spatial understanding. - Answers - d)
memory and spatial understanding.
A study by the National Institutes of Health measuring the differences in gray matter
volume found that ___.
