Middle Childhood Flashcards

Flashcards for Middle Childhood Lecture Review

Define Middle Childhood.

Between the ages of 6 and 12 years, focusing more on fact than fantasy.

Describe developmental tasks that occur in middle childhood.

Forming positive self-esteem, developing close peer relationships, changing from concrete to abstract thinking, developing secondary sex characteristics, accepting more responsibility.

What are the benefits of daily physical activity in middle childhood?

Builds strength, endurance, and coordination; protects the heart; promotes healthy body composition and bone mass.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic media use by children?

Gamification can encourage participation; it enhances access to new information and social contacts. Disadvantages include exposure to inappropriate content/unsafe interactions

Describe cognitive development in middle childhood.

Focus on facts and information in the immediate present; hands-on learning is most effective.

How can Erikson’s task of industry be fostered in middle childhood?

Praise, encouraging exploration, and providing opportunities for success.

Trace the development of moral behavior in the school-age child.

Knowing what is right (logic), feeling good or bad about what is right (emotion), and behaving according to the rule of what is right (action/behavior).

What discipline techniques are effective in middle childhood?

Providing age-appropriate positive reinforcement of good behavior.

Discuss the use of intelligence testing for school-age children.

Used to predict scholastic ability and future performance.

Discuss the psychosocial development that occurs in middle childhood.

Task of industry, peer relationships, latchkey children, and sexuality.

Discuss the role of peer groups in growth and development during middle childhood.

Very important; children begin to compare family values with the values of others; friendships with same-sex peers are key.

Discuss the sexual development and education appropriate for school-age children.

Providing honest and accurate answers to questions, sex education is a lifelong process

List the major health-teaching needs of school-age children.

Prevention of injury, maintenance of adequate nutrition, regular dental care, scoliosis screening, vision/hearing checks, and developing an active lifestyle.

How does the body change in the school-age child?

Develops a lower center of gravity.

What is plaque?

A sticky, colorless mass of bacteria on teeth that can be prevented by brushing and flossing.

What is social cognition?

The process by which people think about and interpret themselves and others in the social world.

What are cognitive styles?

Patterns of thought and reasoning.

Why are praise and rewards important?

Reinforce learning accomplishments.

What are latchkey children?

Left unsupervised after school because both parents work.

What is Discipline?

Providing age-appropriate positive reinforcement of good behavior.