Middle Childhood Flashcards
What causes childhood obesity?
- Lack of knowledge of proper diet
- Dependence on high-fat, low-cost food
- Inactivity
- Stress
- Overeating
- Parental feeding practices
What are some of the consequences of childhood obesity?
- Childhood diabetes
- Body/image dissatisfaction
- Eating disorders
What is the most common vision problem in middle childhood?
Nearsightedness
Why is childhood snoring problematic?
It is associated with behavioral and learning difficulties
In comparison to early childhood, what are some of the more advanced cognitive capabilities in middle childhood?
- Faster and more efficient info processing
- Increased ability to ignore distractions
True or False: Physical development improves executive functioning such as memory and academic achievement
True
This is a cognitive immaturity in early childhood that is now more improved, children are now more logical and understand reversibility
Conservation
How is categorization as a mental operation improved in middle childhood?
- Can understand classification hierarchy
- Can connect transitive inferences (connecting logical dots)
- Can understand the connection of a whole to its parts
What are the two types of logical reasoning children are now capable of?
Deductive and Inductive
What are the limitations in perception in the concrete operational stage?
- 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
What are the developments in a child’s executive functioning with the growth of their prefrontal cortex?
- 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)
This is a psychometric theory that tests people on their type of intelligence, they span from cognitive, physical and psychosocial areas of intelligence
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence
What is the description of a traditional classroom setup?
Teachers are the sole sources of information and authority in the classroom. Purely lecture setup with students being expected to absorb information like sponges
What is a constructivist classroom?
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
This is a more popular classroom setup where children join their teachers in learning and they become the center of education
Social-constructivist
In middle childhood, what are some of the factors that affect school achievement?
- Self-efficacy
- Parenting Practices
- SES
- Class Size
- Educational Method
- Peer Acceptance
What are the dangers of a child developing inferiority in the fourth psychosocial stage?
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
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
True
What are some of the practices in Master-Oriented Learning?
- Provision of tasks
- Parent-teacher encouragement
- Performance evaluation
- Good learning environment
What is corregulation in family dynamics?
Sharing of power and authority between parents and children. Less reliance on intervention and problems are discussed properly
True or False: The more satisfied a mother is with her employment, the less effective she is as a parent
False, mothers are more effective at home and in family when they are fulfilled at work
On what basis do middle childhood friendships usually form?
- Mutual liking of friends’ qualities
- Same age, gender, SES, ethnicity
- Trust
- Acts of kindness
