Middle Childhood Development: Intelligence, Memory, Health, and Disorders

True or False: Children as young as 6 take blood pressure medication due to obesity.

Not directly stated in the lecture; obesity is linked to high blood pressure.

What are Sternberg's 3 types of intelligence?

Analytical, creative, and practical.

What are the 3 types of memory?

Sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.

What disorder involves swings between mania and depression?

Bipolar disorder.

What does the hygiene hypothesis state?

Being too hygienic and overprotective from germs may decrease immunity.

What developmental disability appears during the first 3 years and affects communication?

Autism.

What is the ability to identify and relate categories?

Classification.

When do children experience higher rates of illness?

During the first 2 years of elementary school.

What theory focuses on memory, attention, and thinking?

Information processing theory.

What is the period from ages 6-7 to 11 called?

Middle childhood.

What are 3 causes of childhood obesity?

Genetics, parents giving in to children, and social policies.

What is analytical intelligence?

Ability to complete academic tasks and solve problems.

What is an impairment in the ability to read called?

Dyslexia.

How is obesity measured in the U.S.?

Body Mass Index (BMI), relating weight to height.

Is BMI a perfect indicator of obesity?

No, but it is a valuable public-health tool.