Quiz 3: Middle Childhood Learning Module Flashcards
What ages are considered middle childhood?
6 - 12 years old
Are growth patterns slower or faster than early childhood? What about adolecense?
SLOWER for BOTH early childhood and adolecense
*due to improvement in motor and fine motor skills
How much do children in MC gain in weight and grow in height per year?
Gain 2-3kg/year
Grow 5cm/year
Does prepubescent growth spurts happen earlier in boys or girls?
Earlier in GIRLS
Occurs around 9-10 y/o for girls and 11-12y/o for boys
*GIRLS ARE TALLER THAN BOYS AT THE END OF MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
What percentage of 5-17 y/o are overweight or obese in Canada?
30%
This number is increasing in MC due to more sedentary activities (TV, video games, etc.) and the type of food that is given to kids
At what age does the brain reach adult SIZE?
at age 7
What positive connections appear with increased sports participation of children?
- higher satisfaction with family and overall quality of life
- improved physical and emotional development
- better academic performance
What 3 factors can limit opportunities for sports engagement?
gender, poverty, and disability
*girls are more likely than boys to have never participated in an organized sport
________________ is a key component to introducing children to sports
PE in school
What’s something that can often lead children to be tired of their sport and want to quit?
When there is too much COMPETITION and pressure on their athletic skills
What stage of Piaget’s is associated with middle childhood?
concrete operational stage
*concrete = tangible
According to Piaget how do children solve problems?
children use LOGIC to solve problems with their DIRECT EXPERIENCES
*can understand cause and effect principles, size. & distance
*CANNOT understand hypothetical/abstract problems
What is classification?
New ways of arranging, categorizing, or creating classes of information
Piaget thought classification had a hierarchical structure that went from broad –> specific items
What is identity?
an aspect of Piaget’s concrete operational stage where objects have an “identity” or qualities that do not change even if the object is altered somehow
Ex.
- The mass of object does not change even when you change it’s shape
- The amount of water in a glass stays the same when transfered to another glass
What is reversibility?
an aspect of Piaget’s concrete operational stage where things that have been changed can or cannot be returned to their original state
Ex. water can freeze and thaw into liquid again OR math operations are reversible
What is reciprocity?
an aspect of Piaget’s concrete operational stage where changing one quality (height) can be compensated for by changes in another quality (width)
Ex. the change in the height of the water when transfered to another glass can be explained by the new width of the glass
What is information processing theory?
a theory of memory that compares the mind to computer storing, processing and retrieving info
What does information processing theory claim the 3 levels of memory are?
- Sensory
- Working (short-term)
- Knowledge-based (long-term)
Describe sensory memory
memory that is lost after a few seconds if filtered out as irrelevant
If not stored, it’s discarded very quickly