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Middle Childhood Flashcards

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What causes childhood obesity?

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  • Lack of knowledge of proper diet
  • Dependence on high-fat, low-cost food
  • Inactivity
  • Stress
  • Overeating
  • Parental feeding practices
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What are some of the consequences of childhood obesity?

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  • Childhood diabetes
  • Body/image dissatisfaction
  • Eating disorders
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What is the most common vision problem in middle childhood?

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Nearsightedness

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Why is childhood snoring problematic?

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It is associated with behavioral and learning difficulties

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In comparison to early childhood, what are some of the more advanced cognitive capabilities in middle childhood?

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  • Faster and more efficient info processing
  • Increased ability to ignore distractions
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True or False: Physical development improves executive functioning such as memory and academic achievement

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True

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This is a cognitive immaturity in early childhood that is now more improved, children are now more logical and understand reversibility

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Conservation

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How is categorization as a mental operation improved in middle childhood?

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  • Can understand classification hierarchy
  • Can connect transitive inferences (connecting logical dots)
  • Can understand the connection of a whole to its parts
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What are the two types of logical reasoning children are now capable of?

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Deductive and Inductive

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What are the limitations in perception in the concrete operational stage?

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  • Children can only comprehend concepts that are tangible or concrete to them
  • Difficulty in handling abstract concepts
  • Grasp of conservation and logic is still not as complete
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What are the developments in a child’s executive functioning with the growth of their prefrontal cortex?

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  • Can accommodate more info in their working memory
  • Can now mentally juggle multiple concepts simultaneously
  • Can plan and create goals
  • Better control and redirection of attention
  • More efficient mental workspace (storage, speed, memorizing)
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This is a psychometric theory that tests people on their type of intelligence, they span from cognitive, physical and psychosocial areas of intelligence

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Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence

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What is the description of a traditional classroom setup?

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Teachers are the sole sources of information and authority in the classroom. Purely lecture setup with students being expected to absorb information like sponges

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What is a constructivist classroom?

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Students have an active role in the room and they are encouraged to construct their own knowledge. They are evaluated based on their progress from previous development

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This is a more popular classroom setup where children join their teachers in learning and they become the center of education

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Social-constructivist

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In middle childhood, what are some of the factors that affect school achievement?

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  • Self-efficacy
  • Parenting Practices
  • SES
  • Class Size
  • Educational Method
  • Peer Acceptance
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What are the dangers of a child developing inferiority in the fourth psychosocial stage?

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They will have low self-esteem, low motivation and negative comparisons to their peers. They will also have a low degree of exploration compared to children that developed industry

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True or False: In middle childhood, a kid is now able to view themselves in more than one dimension, they can acknowledge that they are both good and bad at different things

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True

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What are some of the practices in Master-Oriented Learning?

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  • Provision of tasks
  • Parent-teacher encouragement
  • Performance evaluation
  • Good learning environment
20
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What is corregulation in family dynamics?

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Sharing of power and authority between parents and children. Less reliance on intervention and problems are discussed properly

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True or False: The more satisfied a mother is with her employment, the less effective she is as a parent

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False, mothers are more effective at home and in family when they are fulfilled at work

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On what basis do middle childhood friendships usually form?

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  • Mutual liking of friends’ qualities
  • Same age, gender, SES, ethnicity
  • Trust
  • Acts of kindness

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