Chapter 8- Middle Childhood Flashcards
Ability to group by common attributes:
Classification
Ability to arrange items in increasing or decreasing order based on volume, size, or weight:
Seriation
Manipulation of ideas based on logic rather than perception:
Operation
The use of logic based on what you have seen or experienced:
Concrete operation
The concept that a change in position or shape of substances that does not change the quantity:
Conservation
Defining yourself in terms of the qualities, skills and attributes you see in others:
Social comparison
Developmental changes are more dramatic during:
Infancy
During middle childhood, children have better control of _____ muscles.
Large
_____ ___ __________ accounts for most differences in physical growth.
Heredity and environment
By the end of middle childhood, GIRLS may reach __% of adult height.
90
By the end of middle childhood, BOYS may reach __% of adult height.
80
Often one of healthiest periods for children:
Middle childhood
If left untreated ear infections can?
Cause permanent hearing loss.
All of 20 primary teeth are replaced with permanent teeth by?
12 years old
Use of humor improves-
Language skills of school age children
School age children usually have a _____ level of self-esteem than preschool children.
Lower
Games with rules encourage children to:
Take another persons perspective.
A person is obese when they weigh-
20% more than other people of same sex, age, and build.
Body proportions-
change during school-age years.
Social relationships become ____ _______ during middle childhood.
More complex
In recent decades there has been an decrease in time children spend in..
Child-organized games.
Technique used to remember information by children repeating it after it is used:
Rehearsal
During middle childhood, children usually become more:
Self-sufficient, independent, and involved in new activities.
At the beginning of middle childhood, boys are usually _______ ______ then girls.
Slightly taller
