psych 1130-middle childhood

myopia

nearsightened

executive funcition

ablity to solve cognitve problems without being distracted and to adjust one’s staretgy as nature of problem changes

what happens to physical growth in middle childhood

children run longer and faster because of expanded lung capcity

During middle childhood, there is an increase in __________ that accelerates the reaction time for both boys and girls.

myelination of the corpus callosum

For 6-year-old Emmanuel, which of the following fine motor tasks is developmentally appropriate?

Writing the letters of the alphabet, writing his name, and writing numbers from 1 to 10

By the end of middle childhood, which of the following are close to adult maturity?

fine motor abilties

Piaget’s concrete operational stage

-ages 7 to 11 

-can now use mental operations, reason logically, as long as they can apply reasoning to concrete example 

Transitivity: ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions 

-develop classification 

-achive reversiblity 

Seriation: ability to arrange things in logical order 

-able to consider all pieces of the set and their attribute relative to each other 

-recognize stick can be longer than some, while simultaneously being shorter than others 

script

memory structure usedd to describe the sequence in which events occur, can recall script instead of having to recall each step indiviidually

on average, males more fearful of violating gender norms in multiple cultures, persits beyond childhood WHY?

-being judged

-ego and pride

FTO

a gene which can be a risk for obesity

asthma

a chronic illness of lungs charcterized by wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath

-asthma attacjs is when breathing is diffculty

-triggers of asthma attacks are cold weather, exercise, illness, allergies, and emotional stress

-Risk factors are low birth weight, having a parent who smokes, living in poverty, and obesity