Latency Flashcards
Latency
Instincts that have been forming core of beliefs takes back seat~ sexual urges are repressed
What is our Reality Tester during Latency?
Ego
Freuds assessment of Latency
Cognitive and social growth will force instinctual and sexual urges to back burner
Erikson’s assessment of Latency
child can handle competition and conform to cultural expectations
What is Erikson’s assesment of Latency based on?
Genetically designed plan
What is Erikson’s Stage 4 during Latency
Industry vs Inferiority
What does successful experience of Erikson’s stage during Latency lead to?
Sense of industry; competence and mastery
What does failure of Erikson’s stage 4 during Latency lead to?
Feeling inadequate or inferior
What is Erikson’s central question during all stages?
Who am I?
Erikson’s central question during Latency
Will you be one of the masses or an anonymous ‘worker’ rather than leader or innovator
What does too much success during Latency lead to according to Erikson
Identify self ONLY by meeting expectations of OTHERS–lack self direction
What level or cognitive devo are children in during Latency according to Piaget?
Concrete Operations= thinking tied to concrete events and not hypothetical or abstract thinking
What level of Operation are you at when child thinks deeper about an object and not just based on appearance?
Concrete Operations
What is it when a child needs to change what is previously learned?
Accomidation
Assimilation
during latency; assmilation is grouping according to schemes
Piaget: what determines cognitive growth?
Crisis and encounters
How do children devo intellectual growth during latency?
Organization: when incoming information doesn’t fit into existing scheme, child needs to be able to adapt and adjust intellect
What is the concept of being able to see that there is more then one way to measure an object?
Conservation
What is the concept of being able to categorize objects?
Seriation
What are two specific tasks of concrete operations?
Conservation and Seriation
What are the 4 methods of logic and problem solving during Latency?
- Logic vs intuition (some toys are cars, some are trucks and some are blue vs yellow
- Understanding rules of logic (if this then that)
- Sorts objects by categories and sub-categories
- Ordering in sequence and understand number has meaning
How many bits of information does a 6-12 year old have in short term memory?
2 bits: 2 part commands and doable
What strategy of long term memory does a 5 yr old use?
Rehersal
What strategy of long term memory does a 12 yr old use?
Elaborating
If you have failure of memory on a test what is the issue?
Failure of RETRIEVAL; not of storage
use more key words for attachment
What is they key problem in children w/ ADHD?
Memory is key issue: children have trouble w/ 2 or 3 bit command
Are IQ scores stable or unstable before age 7 and good to use as measure of ‘normal’
unstable; but later correlates w/ academic achievement
Key problem with Learning Disability
Information processing problem, not an ability problem
The ability to monitor own progress
Self regulation~ not well developed during latency
Language will more than ________ during elementary school years
Double
Vocab reaches about _______words during latency
30,000 words
What benefits come out of conversation during latency?
becomes more purposeful and can comprehend subtulties, better at phrasing things and getting what they want, can take hints
Socially children during latency prefer opp or same sex friends and parent?
Same sex
How does forming friendship at this age differ than in the past?
based on simular interests and not just proximity and also focused on building trusting relationships
What type of play occurs during latency?
Cooperative play, move past parallel play
Peer influence vs parental influence during latency
peer influence increases, parental influence not increasing
Empathy and perspective taking are increased/decreased during latency
increased–child can be more objective
Peer acceptance is related to what?
Mood: closely linked to child happiness—problems associated w/ acceptance
What qualities are associated w/ peer acceptance?
friendly/sociable/intelligent/creative/attractive
What qualities are associated w/ peer rejection?
Hostile, aggressive, withdrawn, acting uninterested (shy), slow learners, hyperactivity, deviant behavior or rule breaking
Why do children avoid school during latency?
- seperation anxiety~ but also check out stressors
- overwhelmed w/ worklad
- bullying
- theres often and adversive event at school such as fear of being called in in class
What age does school avoidance start to increase?
11 to 13
Key features of motor functioning in latency
- engage in more complex motor tasks
- longer sequence of discreet skills can be devod w/ practice
- involved in team sports
