Middle Childhood 6-11 Years

Question 1

Outline 3 gross motor skills at this age (6-11)

Answer 1

1.) Riding a 2 wheeled bike.
2.) Can skip to the beat of music.
3.) Faster reaction time.

Question 2

Outline 3 fine motor skills you would expect to see in children during this stage (6-11)

Answer 2

1.) Able to join words while writing.
2.) Able to build a straight tower of blocks.
3.) Ability to do detailed task. Ie needling

Question 3

Outline the 3 main features of Piaget’s stage Schema, Assimilation and Accommodation

Answer 3

Schema : The internal framework that organises information, thoughts and actions.
Assimilation : Fitting incoming information into existing schemas.
Accommodation: When existing schemas changes to incorporate new experiences.

Question 4

Explain why decentering is considered an important capacity to gain

Answer 4

Because a child becomes less egocentric and is able to take the perceptive of others.

Question 5

Outline what Vygosky meant by the term scaffolding

Answer 5

It refers to the role played by teachers who act as a bridge towards a Child’s further learning.

Question 6

Explain Ericsson’s industry vs inferiority

Answer 6

During this stage a child start to go school, and interact with peers.
If a child is praised for trying hard they’re more likely to be confident about achieving their goals.
If a child is not praised for their efforts they’re more likely to feel inferior.

Question 7

According to Piaget, children ages 2 to 7 have difficulty in de-centering. Explain Piaget’s conversation of liquid tests.

Answer 7

Conservation of Liquid Test:

This experiment demonstrate the concept of conservation and the limitations of centration in young children.

Procedure:

1. Two Glasses Test:
   
   • Show a child two identical glasses filled with the same amount of liquid.
   • Pour the liquid from one of the glasses into a taller, narrower glass.
   • Ask the child if the two glasses now contain the same amount of liquid or if one has more.
2. Conservation Question:
   
   • If the child says that the taller glass has more liquid, ask why.
   • Often, young children in the preoperational stage (ages 2 to 7) will focus on the height or appearance of the liquid in the glass (centration) rather than the actual quantity (de-centering).

Findings:

• Young children often fail to conserve, believing that the taller glass has more liquid simply because it appears taller.
• This demonstrates their difficulty with de-centering, as they focus only on one aspect (height) and ignore the other aspects (quantity).

As children mature and progress through Piaget’s stages, they develop the ability to de-center and understand conservation, allowing them to consider multiple perspectives and aspects of a situation.

Question 8

Explain Piagets term preception

Answer 8

How a child sees and understands the world

Question 9

Explain Piagets term Egocentrism

Answer 9

When a child thinks everyone sees the world through their point of view and don’t understand people have different perspectives.

Question 10

Explain Piagets term Reversibility

Answer 10

When a child understand objects can change and still return to their original state.

Question 11

Explain Piagets term Animism

Answer 11

When a child attributes consciousness to an object. Ie believing their toy teddy is conscious.