Chapter 13: Middle Childhood- Psychosocial Development

Question 1

Latency

Answer 1

Freud’s term for middle childhood, where their emotional and psychosexual drives are quiet. Freud thought that sexual conflicts from earlier stages are only temporarily submerged, bursting forth at puberty.

Question 2

Social Comparison

Answer 2

Assess ones abilities and attributes by measuring themselves with others, especially their peers.

Question 3

Resilience

Answer 3

Capacity to adapt well to significant adversity and to overcome stress.

Question 4

Family Structure

Answer 4

Legal and genetic relationship among family, all family members too.

Question 5

Family Function

Answer 5

Way a family works to meet the needs of its members. Children need family for advantages in life.

Question 6

Nuclear Family

Answer 6

Family consisting of a father, mother, and biological children.

Question 7

Extended Family

Answer 7

Family of three or more generation living in one household.

Question 8

Industry Versus Inferiority

Answer 8

Fourth of Erikson’s eight psychosocial crises, where children try to master many skills developing a sense of wether they are competent or incompetent.

Question 9

Polygamous Family

Answer 9

Family consisting of one man, several wives, and their children.

Question 10

Child Culture

Answer 10

Set of habits and styles reflecting rules and rituals characterizing children as distinct from adult society.

Question 11

Aggressive-Rejected

Answer 11

Rejected by peers because of confrontational behavior.

Question 12

Withdrawn-Rejected

Answer 12

Rejected of peers because of timid withdraw behavior.

Question 13

Bullying

Answer 13

Systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal, and social attack on a weaker person.

Question 14

Bully-Victims

Answer 14

People who attack others and are attacked as well.

Question 15

Kohlberg’s Levels of Moral Reasoning

Answer 15

1. Preconventional
2. Conventional
3. Postconventional

Question 16

Single-Parent Family

Answer 16

Family with only one parent and his-her biological children.

Question 17

Preconventional Moral Reasoning

Answer 17

Kohlberg’s first level or moral reasoning, emphasizing rewards and punishments.

Question 18

Conventional Moral Reasoning

Answer 18

Kohlberg’s second level of moral reasoning, emphasizing social rules.

Question 19

Postconventional Moral Reasoning

Answer 19

Kohlberg’s third level of moral reasoning, emphasizing moral principles.