Test #4 Flashcards
How can you help a child deal with aggression?
Urge children to talk about their feelings
Acknowledge the efforts of children to resolve conflict
Model appropriate behavior
What triggers significant physical changes from 7 to 12?
What are some changes that occur?
Puberty
Hormones
Voice
Growth spurts
How does the quote “success breeds success” relate to child development?
It is essential that children ages 7 to 12 experience more success than failures in order to gain the self competence
How does the quote “divide and conquer” relate to child development?
Give a little at a time
It’s like a pie. You can’t eat the whole pie at one time, but peice by piece you can
What are three areas that there should be a clear distinction for gender identity based upon biblical principles?
Deuteronomy 22:5 - dress
1 Cor. 11:1-6 - hair
Romans 1:24-27 - actions (sexual act)
1 Cor. 6:9-10 - acting effeminate
How can adults help children gain peer acceptance?
Teaching social skills
Encouraging participation in group activities
How can you give moral guidance to a child?
1) Set a good example
2) support the child’s growing conscience
3) Talk about how to handle situations that might occur
4) Reinforce empathy
5) Use the child’s sense of fairness
The desire to be accepted leads preteens to conformity. Give a scripture text and a way you could explain this to a child
Romans 12:2
If you take a piece of foil and you wrap it around an orange it will take on the shape of the Orange. We can’t take on the form of the world. We have to conform to Christ
During the concrete operations stage, children develop several important thinking skills. List 4
Classifying
Placing
Extending
Conservation
What are the kinds of intelligences of Sternberg’s Theory?
Analytical
Creative
Practical intelligence
What are 3 learning methods?
Direct
Peer
Independent
