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At approximately what age should a child be able to use each hand independently?


A) 2 years old
B) 4 years old
C) 6 years old
D) 8 years old

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Children living in poverty experience many more disruptions than children in socioeconomically secure environments.Examples of these disruptions include


A) lower intelligence.
B) impaired moral development.
C) living in unsafe neighbourhoods with high rates of violence.
D) living in single-parent households.

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Bilingual students often have greater metalinguistic awareness.

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____________ is the period in which parents and children jointly control children's behaviour.


A) Self-care
B) Social competence
C) Coregulation
D) Adolescence

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Recent research indicates that around age 11, black children begin to show higher self-esteem than white children.Which of the following is a likely reason for this?


A) Black children begin to notice more visibility of black people on television.
B) Black children begin to identify with the social majority.
C) Black children begin to develop more complex views of racial identity.
D) Black children begin to develop improved critical thinking skills, which are applied to negative racial stereotypes.

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What is the term for children who let themselves into their homes after school and wait alone until their caretaker(s) return from work?


A) latchkey children
B) socially competent children
C) self-care children
D) autonomous children

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Health Canada issued a warning linking the use of antidepressant medication(s), specifically called SSRIs, with the increased risk of suicide in 2003.

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A Grade 7 student is tempted to cheat on an exam but talks himself out of it because he is afraid he will get caught and will fail the course.This student is demonstrating


A) conventional morality.
B) preconventional morality.
C) postconventional morality.
D) a lack of morality.

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According to psychologist Carol Beal, the motivation of middle-school-age girls to solve conflict among friends is due to


A) lack of self-confidence.
B) lack of social competence.
C) apprehension over the use of more direct approaches.
D) the desire to make social interaction nonconfrontational.

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Children are able to demonstrate metamemory awareness as early as the preschool years.

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According to psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, which of the following stages reflects a person's approach to moral problems as a member of society, where the person is interested in pleasing others by acting as a good member of society?


A) conventional morality
B) postconventional morality
C) moral reasoning
D) preconventional morality

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At which stage does a child learn to read aloud with fluency? What grade(s) is the child likely to be attending?


A) Stage 0 – Kindergarten
B) Stage 1 – Grades 1 and 2
C) Stage 2 – Grades 2 and 3
D) Stage 3 – Grades 4 to 8

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What is the name of a test that consists of a series of items that vary according to the age of the person being tested?


A) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition (WISC IV)
B) deviation IQ scores
C) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
D) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)

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What is the approximate percentage of children in Canada who spend their entire childhood living in the same household with both parents?


A) 25%
B) 33%
C) 75%
D) 85%

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Not much of future development is charted during middle childhood.

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Which of the following is the term for an approach to education through which students are kept at grade level but are enrolled in special programs and given individual activities to allow greater depth of study on a given topic?


A) special education
B) acceleration
C) enrichment
D) gifted and talented

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Which of the following is a noteworthy educational innovation, based upon Vygotsky's work, where reading comprehension strategies are taught, allowing the student to take on the role of the teacher?


A) reciprocal teaching
B) metamemory
C) zone of proximal development
D) cooperative learning

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Throughout the lifespan, which of the following is the only time when girls are, on average, taller than boys?


A) by age 10
B) by age 11
C) by age 12
D) by age 13

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Which one of the following is a side effect of medication treatment for ADHD (e.g., Ritalin) ?


A) loss of hearing sensitivity
B) loss of appetite
C) excessive sleeping
D) dependency

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Which of the following children is likely to be better adjusted, have higher self-esteem, and a stronger motivation to succeed?


A) An only child in the People's Republic of China
B) A child in China who has one sibling
C) A child in China who has two siblings
D) A child in China who has more than four siblings

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