Chapter 9 Flashcards
What age’s would be considered middle childhood?
7-12 years
Boys and girls continue to gain a little more than 5cm a year in hight until the _________ _______ _______ (rapid growth)
Adolescent growth spurt
In middle childhood, the average Childs body weight _______
Doubles
Average 6-7 year olds need _________ calories a day (if inactive) and 8-10 year olds need _______ calories a day
1400, and 1600
Boys are slightly heavier and taller than girls at the age of __-___ years, but air;s then go through their growth spurt first and surpass boys at the age ___-___
Beginning at about age 11 years, boys develop more _____, while girls develop more ______.
9-10, 13-14
Boys develop more MUSCLE and girls develop more FAT
True or False: Child Obesity has tripled over the past three decades
TRUE
What is Sedentary Behaviour
behaviour that involves very little physical movement (sitting/watching tv, sitting at a computer, playing video games)
More than _____ Canadians aged 5-17 are not active enough for optimal growth and development
More than half
What kind of guidelines are suggested to reduce the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle
No more than 2 hours of screen time a day.
Children should walk to school regularly.
Children should be encouraged to spend time outdoors in active play.
Only ___% of children aged 6-17 meet the guidelines to reduce the risk of a sedentary lifestyle.
Only 8.4%
______ ________ may serve as examples of poor exercise habits, encourage overeating, and keep unhealthy foods at home
Overweight Parents
What stimulants are the medications prescribed to medically treat ADHD
Concrete and Dexedrin
Strattera is also used and is not a stimulant
How do stimulants treat ADHD?
They release Dopamine and Noradrenaline, which arouses the “executive centre” of the brain which increases a persons attention span
What types of Non-medical therapy treat ADHD
B-mod and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
What is Classroom Inclusion
placing children with disabilities in classrooms with children without disabilities
At what age do children make enormous strides in their cognitive development as their thought processes and language become more logical and complex
at 11 years old
According to Piaget, at what age do children move from the pre-oeprational stage to Concrete Operational
7-12 years
What are some characteristics of the Concrete operational stage in comparison to the preoperational stage
- children have more adult logic, but focus more on tangible objects rather than abstract ideas
- thought is reversible and flexible
- they recognize that people have different perspectives than their own
- they engage in De-centration (Can focus on multiple parts of a problem at once)
- they understand the Law of Conservation
What is Transivity and what does it have to do with middle childhood
Transivity = if A>B, and B>C, then A>C
Children begin to understand this in middle childhood
In middle childhood, children begin to understand Seriation, what is Seriation??
Placing objects in n order or series according to a property or trait
ex. placing multiple shades of leaves from darkest to lightest
