Homework Nine

1. During middle childhood, children continue to add inches in height and pounds in weight each year. 

2. Children from (low-SES or middle-SES)backgrounds are more likely to be overweight.

3. What is the current secular trend in physical growth?  Limit your response to 10 words or so, just capture the main idea. 

4. Amount of time spent watching TV is a strong predictor of whether a school-age child will be obese or not.
true
false

5. Antidepressant drugs are the most effective treatment for childhood enuresis.
true
false

6.  What change in information processing impacts physical skill levels in middle childhood?
flexibility
force
reaction time

7. Spontaneous rule-oriented games in middle childhood:
permit children to compete with little personal risk.
help children gain more mature concepts of  fairness and justice.
are declining in favor of adult-structured athletics.
all of the above.

8.  During middle childhood girls are behind boys in all gross motor skills and abilities.
true
false