School-Aged Development

Question 1

The average school aged child gains ___ lbs and grows ___ inches per year:

Answer 1

5 lbs and 2.5 inches

Question 2

By age 10 the average school age child weighs about ___ lbs and is ___ inches tall:

Answer 2

70 lbs and 54 inches

Question 3

This period spans the time of middle childhood (ages 7-11) and is characterized by the development of logical thought. While kids at this age become more logical about concrete and specific things, they still struggle with abstract ideas:

Answer 3

Concrete operational thought (Piaget)

Question 4

Understanding that a certain aspect or quality of an object can change in appearance without changing the object itself:

Answer 4

Conservation (number, mass, and volume)

Question 5

Ability to reverse a process or action such as understanding that if 2+3=5 then 5-3=2:

Answer 5

Reversibility

Question 6

Ability to group objects on the basis of similar characteristics such as color or shape:

Answer 6

Classification

Question 7

Arrangement of items in a series such as increasing by size:

Answer 7

Seriation

Question 8

Permanent central incisors:

Answer 8

6-7 years (mandibular) 7-8 years (maxillary)

Question 9

Permanent lateral incisors:

Answer 9

7-8 years (mandibular) 8-9 years (maxillary)

Question 10

Permanent cuspids (canines):

Answer 10

9-11 years (mandibular) 11-12 years (maxillary)

Question 11

First premolar (bicuspids):

Answer 11

10-12 years

Question 12

Second premolar (bicuspids):

Answer 12

10-13 years

Question 13

Permanent first molars:

Answer 13

6-7 years

Question 14

Permanent second molars:

Answer 14

12-13 years

Question 15

Third molars (wisdom)

Answer 15

17-22 years

Question 16

Competence to think, learn, and make decisions as well as believe that one is worthy of love and respect from others:

Answer 16

Self esteem

Question 17

Participation in cooperative games, sports, and activities:

Answer 17

Prosocial behavior