SCHOOL AGE DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

major

determinants of personality development

Answer 1

Academic learning and accomplishment

Question 2

Between 6 years to puberty

Answer 2

School age development

Question 3

> Thinking becomes organized and logical
Think in abstract terms by the end of the period
Improved gross motor coordination and muscle strength:
enable them to write fluently and draw artistically, complex
motor tasks
Changes in thinking and reasoning due to maturational
changes in the brain
Make new identifications with other adults
Peer interaction assumes major importance
Empathy and concern for others begin
Prefer to interact with the same sex
Sex play and curiosity are common
Best friend: important phenomenon (Sullivan)
Absence of chums: harbinger of schizophrenia
School refusal due to separation anxiety; not an isolated
problem

Answer 3

Language and Cognitive Development

Question 4

similar to gender identity

Answer 4

Sex roles

Question 5

Parasomnias, such as sleepwalking, sleep talking, enuresis

(bed-wetting), and night terrors, are common

Answer 5

Dreams and Sleep

Question 6

higher rates of premature or

underweight births, and malnutrition

Answer 6

Born close together

Question 7

, health risks are

reduced for both mother and child

Answer 7

Born 3 to 5 years after a previous birth

Question 8

more achievement oriented and motivated to

please their parents

Answer 8

Firstborn

Question 9

independent and rebellious in regard to family

and cultural norms

Answer 9

Youngest

Question 10

over-achiever or under-achiever

Answer 10

Middle child

Question 11

> Increase in behavioral and emotional disorders appears
May not understand what is happening
Those who understand: assume they are responsible
Some harbor the fantasy that their parents will be reunited
in the future

Answer 11

Children and Divorce

Question 12

percentage of step families dissolve within the first 2 years

Answer 12

25%

Question 13

percentage of step families who grows and find balance in their blended family

Answer 13

75%

Question 14

deviation from norms associated with
problems in children, risk of child abuse, divorce, mental
disorders (depression and ASPD)

Answer 14

Family Stability

Question 15

influences trajectory of development;

Answer 15

adverse events

Question 16

more vulnerable to chronic

depression in adulthood

Answer 16

“short” variant of serotonin transporter gene (short 5-

HTTLPR polymorphism)

Question 17

not

diagnosed until after the child begins elementary school

Answer 17

Mild mental retardation or specific learning problems

Question 18

as child begins to interact with

peers

Answer 18

Disruptive behavior disorder

Question 19

when demands for sustained

attention is made in school

Answer 19

Attention-deficit disorders

Question 20

rare in preschool and

school-aged children

Answer 20

Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder

Question 21

resemble traditional families

discipline, boundaries and limits discussed openly

Answer 21

Neo-traditional

Question 22

expect to be traditional families immediately; difficulties are common

Answer 22

romantic

Question 23

run by a highly competent mom; birth of step sibling causes problems

Answer 23

matriarchal