©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12:43 PM.
Developmental Psychology, Module 5 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 100%
Verified.
School-aged children grow _________ per year and gain ___________ per year - Answer✔2-3
inches, 5-7 pounds
How race impacts childhood growth - Answer✔Asian and Ocean Pacific children are shorter
than northern and central European children; growth is more rapid for black children than for
white children
About ________ of girls 9-10 are dieting - Answer✔40%
Obesity - Answer✔Body weight that is more than 20 percent above average for a given
age/height; 15% of all U.S. children are obese (this has tripled since the 1960s)
Obesity is caused by... - Answer✔Genetics, social factors (parents who are controlling of
children's eating may produce children who can't regulate own food intake), poor diet, lack of
exercise
Gross motor skills - Answer✔Develop substantially over middle childhood; improved muscle
coordination
Fine motor skills - Answer✔Increase due to increased myelination in brain between ages 6-8
Asthma - Answer✔Periodic wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath; prevalence has
increased significantly;
-often diagnosed in this age group (school-aged childhood)
-more than 7 million U.S. children and more than 150 million children worldwide have it
Accidents - Answer✔Increasing independence and mobility lead to safety issues
-boys are more likely than girls to have accidents
-most frequent source of accidents is motor vehicles (5 out of every 100,000 children between
ages 5-9 are killed annually)
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12:43 PM.
Childhood psychological disorders - Answer✔Childhood depression is often overlooked;
approximately 5% of school-aged children suffer; childhood mental illness may lead to risk for
future disorders
Research shows that __________ of children will have at least one serious medical condition -
Answer✔90%
Visual problems - Answer✔Inability to see up close, difficulties seeing color, depth, light, etc.
may affect school work; 1 in 1000 students need special education related to visual impairment
Blindness - Answer✔Visual acuity below 20/200 after correction
Partial sightedness - Answer✔Visual acuity of less than 20/70 after correction
Auditory problems - Answer✔1-2% of school-age children have hearing impairment; loss in
infancy is more severe than after age 3 (inability to understand or produce speech, can impair
abstract thinking)
Speech problems - Answer✔3-5% of school-age children have speech impairments; may
accompany hearing impairments; stuttering is most common form
Child onset fluency disorder - Answer✔Stuttering/substantial disruption in the rhythm and
fluency of speech; the most common speech impairment
Learning disabilities - Answer✔Discrepancies between achievement and capacity to learn;
difficulties in listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities
Dyslexia - Answer✔Results in reversal of letters during reading and writing, difficulties in
spelling, confusion between left and right
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Answer✔Learning disability marked by
inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration, and inappropriate activity; causes
unclear but some research finds it related to delay in neural development
-occurs in 3-5% of school-aged children
Gender differences in ADHD - Answer✔Boys are more likely than girls to have ADHD
ADHD treatments - Answer✔-Drug treatment: Ritalin, Dexadrine (increase attention span and
compliance; problematic side effects)
-Behavior therapy
-Diet change (diets higher in fatty acids and food additives contribute to ADHD)
Piaget's stage of cognitive development - Answer✔Concrete operational starts at this age (7 to
12)
2
Developmental Psychology, Module 5 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 100%
Verified.
School-aged children grow _________ per year and gain ___________ per year - Answer✔2-3
inches, 5-7 pounds
How race impacts childhood growth - Answer✔Asian and Ocean Pacific children are shorter
than northern and central European children; growth is more rapid for black children than for
white children
About ________ of girls 9-10 are dieting - Answer✔40%
Obesity - Answer✔Body weight that is more than 20 percent above average for a given
age/height; 15% of all U.S. children are obese (this has tripled since the 1960s)
Obesity is caused by... - Answer✔Genetics, social factors (parents who are controlling of
children's eating may produce children who can't regulate own food intake), poor diet, lack of
exercise
Gross motor skills - Answer✔Develop substantially over middle childhood; improved muscle
coordination
Fine motor skills - Answer✔Increase due to increased myelination in brain between ages 6-8
Asthma - Answer✔Periodic wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath; prevalence has
increased significantly;
-often diagnosed in this age group (school-aged childhood)
-more than 7 million U.S. children and more than 150 million children worldwide have it
Accidents - Answer✔Increasing independence and mobility lead to safety issues
-boys are more likely than girls to have accidents
-most frequent source of accidents is motor vehicles (5 out of every 100,000 children between
ages 5-9 are killed annually)
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12:43 PM.
Childhood psychological disorders - Answer✔Childhood depression is often overlooked;
approximately 5% of school-aged children suffer; childhood mental illness may lead to risk for
future disorders
Research shows that __________ of children will have at least one serious medical condition -
Answer✔90%
Visual problems - Answer✔Inability to see up close, difficulties seeing color, depth, light, etc.
may affect school work; 1 in 1000 students need special education related to visual impairment
Blindness - Answer✔Visual acuity below 20/200 after correction
Partial sightedness - Answer✔Visual acuity of less than 20/70 after correction
Auditory problems - Answer✔1-2% of school-age children have hearing impairment; loss in
infancy is more severe than after age 3 (inability to understand or produce speech, can impair
abstract thinking)
Speech problems - Answer✔3-5% of school-age children have speech impairments; may
accompany hearing impairments; stuttering is most common form
Child onset fluency disorder - Answer✔Stuttering/substantial disruption in the rhythm and
fluency of speech; the most common speech impairment
Learning disabilities - Answer✔Discrepancies between achievement and capacity to learn;
difficulties in listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities
Dyslexia - Answer✔Results in reversal of letters during reading and writing, difficulties in
spelling, confusion between left and right
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Answer✔Learning disability marked by
inattention, impulsiveness, low tolerance for frustration, and inappropriate activity; causes
unclear but some research finds it related to delay in neural development
-occurs in 3-5% of school-aged children
Gender differences in ADHD - Answer✔Boys are more likely than girls to have ADHD
ADHD treatments - Answer✔-Drug treatment: Ritalin, Dexadrine (increase attention span and
compliance; problematic side effects)
-Behavior therapy
-Diet change (diets higher in fatty acids and food additives contribute to ADHD)
Piaget's stage of cognitive development - Answer✔Concrete operational starts at this age (7 to
12)
2
