Lifespan Developmental Psychology Chapter 5: Middle Childhood

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What a child has already learned and mastered.

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achievement

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The potential to learn, or master, a particular skill or body of knowledge.

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aptitude

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Education in which the teacher teaches in both English and the students’ native language.

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bilingual education

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A measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

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body mass index (BMI)

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People’s ability to sort objects according to the attributes they share, place things in a sensible and logical order, and hold a concept in their minds while making a decision about the concept.

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classification

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The period of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age characterized by the active, appropriate use of logic.

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concrete operational stage

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Exposure of the student to intense English language skill development with a goal of mastering English basics within approximately 6 months.

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English as a second language (ESL)

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A legally required document specifying a series of educational goals for a child with special needs

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ndividual education plan (IEP)

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Aptitude tests designed to measure a person’s ability to learn.

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IQ tests

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The setting that is most similar to that of children without special needs.

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least restrictive environment

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Helps organize ideas and formulate reactions to events. Two important dimensions of long-term memory are storage and retrieval.

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long-term memory

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The ability to “think about thinking.” This process allows children to evaluate a cognitive task and determine how best to accomplish it.

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metacognition

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Body weight that is 20 percent or more above the weight that is considered ideal for the person’s age and height (i.e. a BMI of 30 or more).

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obesity

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Body weight that is up to 20 percent above the average for a person of a given height and weight ( i.e., a BMI between 25.5 and 29.9).

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overweight

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The period of approximately 2 years that begins at the end of middle childhood and ends with the thirteenth birthday.

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preadolescence

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The development of secondary sex characteristics that occurs two years immediately before puberty when the child is developing initial physical changes that herald sexual maturity.

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prepubescence

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The period of growth and hormonal changes that occur when sexual organs mature and the secondary sex characteristics develop, beginning earlier for girls than for boys.

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puberty

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The principle that two things may change in opposite ways in order to balance each other out (also known as inversion).

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reciprocity

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The logical principle that sometimes a thing can be returned to its original state by reversing the process by which it was changed (e.g. freezing water; melting ice).

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reversibility

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Refers to the person’s overall and specific positive and negative self-evaluation.

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self-esteem

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Refers to the child’s tendency to evaluate his/her own behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions by comparing them to those of others.

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social comparison

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An IQ test designed specifically for school age children. The test assesses many abilities including vocabulary, general knowledge, memory, and spatial comprehension.

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-IV)

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Short term memory that helps people understand current information, and relate it to previous learned information.

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working memory

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Age of middle childhood.

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7-11yo

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Height and weight changes during middle childhood reflect a ___ but __ __.

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slower; steady pace

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two common chronic health problems that emerge during middle childhood are?

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asthma and childhood obesity

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what does "We Can!" stand for?

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Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition.

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What are three components of the We Can! program?

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-improved food choices
-increased physical activity
-reduction in "screen time" (or tv/computer use)

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two important dimensions of long-term memory are?

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storage and retrieval

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what measures current mastery in specific ares such as math, reading, and spelling?

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achievement exams

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What law provides children with special needs with a full education in the least restrictive environment?

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the Education of All Handicapped Children Act. (Public Law 94-142)

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Difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.

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learning disabilities

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A learning disability marked by inattention, impulsiveness, frustration, and inappropriate activity.

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHA)

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A significantly sub-average level of intellectual functioning which occurs with related limitations in two or more skill areas.

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Intellectual disability

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IQ scores fall in the range of 50 to 70.

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mild intellectual disability

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IQ scores range from 35 to 55.

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moderate intellectual disability

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IQ scores range from 20 to 40.

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severe intellectual disability

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IQ scores fall below 25.

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profound intellectual disability

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children who show evidence of high performance capability in such areas as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields.

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Gifted and talented

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period when the child's emotional drives are quieter, their psyhcosexual needs are repressed and their unconscious conflicts are submerged.

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Freud's period of latency

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Erikson's fourth developmental state. develop a sense of themselves as either industrious and competent or incompetent and inferior.

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industry versus inferiority

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Which philosopher and researcher see's school-aged child as eager to investigate issues r/t morality?

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Who contends that the different manner in which boys and girls are raised results in a different moral focus for each gender?

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Carol Gilligan

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Two common approaches to analyzing families ?

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structure and functions

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Structure refers to how a family is ____
___ and ____ ____.

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legally constructed; genetically related

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A father, mother, and their biological children.

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Nuclear family

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A parent, his/her biological children, and his/her spouse, who is not biologically r/t the children.

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stepparent family

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Two adults, the biological children from a previous union of one or both adults, and any children the adults have together.

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blended family

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One or more non-biological children who an adult individual or couple voluntarily, legally, and permanently taken to raise as their own.

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adoptive family.

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never married, divorced, or widowed.

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single mother/father

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children living in their grandparents' home either with their parents (extended family) or without them (grandparents alone).

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grandparent family

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three or more generations of biologically related individuals.

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extended family

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a homosexual couple and the biological or adopted children of one or both parties.

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homosexual family

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one or more orphaned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children temporarily cared for by an adult, individual, or couple to whom they are not biologically related.

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foster family

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what are the four family functions necessary for a family to work?

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- economic
- educational
- affective
- social

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T OR F: During middle childhood, children become more independent?

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False. they become more dependent and place increased value on peers' opinions, self-validation, and advice.

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what are the adjustment problems some school-age children face?

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- depression
- school phobia
- bullying
- stress

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the repeated, systematic effort to inflict physical, verbal, or social attacks.

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bullying

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____ _____ refers to children who refuse to go to school or demonstrate extreme reluctance to go to school for a sustained period of time.

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school phobia

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Four common issues families face during the school-age years.

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- after-school care
- divorce
- poverty and homelessness
- cultural background

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T or F; Children's behavior conform to the expectations of the significant adults in their lives.

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TRUE