cognitive development in middle childhood

Question 1

concrete operational thinking

Answer 1

• 7 to 12 years
• use more logical, formal, and organized thinking
• child understands conservation
• Ability to reason logically about direct experiences and perceptions
• classification: hierarchy of mental categories
• seriation: alphabet, numbers

Question 2

self-concepts (Davis-Kean et al., 2009)

Answer 2

• age related changes tied with our self-concept
• self concepts influence behavior
• self concept informs their psychosocial well-being, ability to lear, and to predict behavior
• self-awareness leads to confidence levels = self control/ autonomy

-beliefs about their ability (self-concept of ability) are related to the value placed on that ability and predict actual behavior in that domain.

Question 3

self-concepts Eccles 1999

Answer 3

-Personal identity, self-concepts, and achievement orientation in middle childhood

• forge a personal identity, a self-concept, and an orientation toward achieve-
  ment that will play a significant role in shaping their success in school, work, and life

-decline in ability self-concepts

Question 4

executive functions

Answer 4

• metacognition

- metamemory

Question 5

meta memory

Answer 5

recognizing we we have multiple forms of memory

Question 6

metacognition

Answer 6

the ability to evaluate a cognitive task in order to maintain how best to accomplish its, and then to monitor and adjust ones; performance on that task

Question 7

cognitive development during middle childhood

Answer 7

• increased reasoning
• problem-solving
• self-concepts
• decentering
• reversibility
• theory-of-mind
• relatedness