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_____ develop(s) more rapidly during early childhood,and _____ develop(s) more rapidly during middle and late childhood.

A) Long-term memory; short-term memory
B) Short-term memory; long-term memory
C) Knowledge; expertise
D) Expertise; knowledge

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Nathan Brody and many other researchers have observed that people who excel at one type of intellectual task are:

A) likely to underperform in other tasks.
B) evidence that the multiple-intelligence approaches are correct.
C) proof that intelligence is a number of specific abilities.
D) likely to excel at others too.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Identify and describe the most common type of cancer in children.

Identify the theorist who described three criteria that characterize gifted children,whether in art,music,or academic domains: precocity,marching to their own drummer,and a passion to master.

Sadie has a learning disability and is being educated in the least restrictive environment possible.This means that Sadie:

The _____ is a setting that is as similar as possible to the one in which children who do not have a disability are educated.

_____ is knowledge about language,such as knowing what a preposition is or the ability to discuss the sounds of a language,and it allows children to think about their language,understand what words are,and even define them.

By the time children are 11 years old,their vocabulary has increased to approximately:

Children with superior talent for something are called:

_____ is a disability in which children consistently show one or more of these characteristics over a period of time: inattention,hyperactivity,and impulsivity.

In relation to the cognitive development theory,Piaget proposed that the concrete operational stage lasts from approximately _____ years of age.

Identify the theorist who distinguished between convergent thinking and divergent thinking.

Which theory states that memory is best understood by considering two types of memory representation-verbatim memory trace and gist?

Before she started school in the U.S.,Mita,daughter of immigrant parents of Indian origin,used to speak only her home language of Hindi fluently.She then learned to speak English in school and attained fluency in both Hindi and English.However,as she grew older,she started to feel ashamed of her roots and gave up speaking Hindi altogether.This phenomenon is called:

In 2011-2012,_____ percent of 6- to 11-year-old U.S.children were classified as obese,which is essentially unchanged from 2009-2010.

_____ involves knowing about knowing.

Mitchell has been placed in the 96th percentile in terms of his BMI.His doctor would likely tell his parents that he is:

A child with an IQ of _____ or higher is considered to be gifted.

Research indicates that it is unlikely learning disabilities:

One of the explanations for the gender difference in the identification of learning disabilities is that: