Mod 5 - Mid-Late Childhood Flashcards
What type of physical growth is seen in mid-late childhood?
Slow, consistent
Average height increase per year?
2-3”
Average weight gain per year?
5-7 pounds
What portion of the body grows faster in this period?
Lower
What happens to brain volume in this stage?
Stabilizes
What regions of the brain see most change/thicken?
Prefrontal and temporal
Percentage of US kids that are overweight
32%
Percentage of US kids that are obese?
17%
2 cause of death in children 5-14 (accidents are still #1)
Cancer
Most common type of childhood cancer (39%)
Leukemia
Percent of kids with chronic illness (asthma, diabetes, cancer)
15%
Percent of children with learning disabilities
34.6%
Boys are _______ as likely to have ADHD
Twice
ADHD has a delay in thickening of prefrontal cortex of greater than ____ years
2
How much more likely are boys to have emotional and behavioral disorders compared to girls?
3 times
When is autism typically diagnosed
First 3 years
Boys are _______ more likely than girls to be diagnosed with autism.
5 times
When age is Piaget’s “Concrete Operational” stage?
7-11 years old
Concrete operation that orders stimuli in an orderly sequence (ex: smallest to biggest)
Seriation
Understanding how objects can be related to one another (ex: generations)
Transitivity
Like a brain sticky-note
Working memory
Ways to improve memory
Imagery
Details
Understand vs memorize
Repeat
Language
More extensive processing of information
Elaboration
Memory is best by understanding that it’s both verbatim and gist
Fuzzy trace memory
Knowing about knowing
Metacognition
Ability to solve problems, adapt and learn
Intelligence
IQ formula
Mental age/age x 100
Percent that fall in the middle of the IQ curve
70%
What is middle of curve range for IQ
85-115
2 approaches to reading are
Whole language and phonics
IQ between 50-70 but no brain damage present
Cultural-Familial
IQ considered “gifted”
130+
What is Erikson’s 4th stage represented at this age?
Industry vs inferiority
Age that a child can use psychological characteristics and traits to describe themselves
8-11
According to Piaget, what age do kids move from heteronomous to autonomous; rules change based on situations
10 years
What age is Kohlberg’s Preconventional “what’s in it for me” stage?
Less than 9 years old
Kohlberg’s stage from 9-adolescence where rules are followed
Conventional
Kohlberg’s stage from adolescence to early adult where morality becomes more internal
Post-conventional
One flaw with Kohlberg’s stages
Don’t consider family or culture
Emphasis on moral, social and personal knowledge in developing morals
Domain theory
Percent of rejected children who are shy
10-20%
Child frequently nominated as best friend and being disliked
Controversial
Child infrequently nominated as best friend and actively disliked
Rejected
Child infrequently nominated as best friend but not disliked
Neglected
