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Development in Middle Childhood

Development in Middle Childhood. Memory Strategies. Rehearsal-repeating information to oneself over and over again Organization-grouping together related items Elaboration-creating a relationship between two or more items that are not members of the same category Guitar-clock Sink-eye

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Development in Middle Childhood

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  1. Development in Middle Childhood

  2. Memory Strategies • Rehearsal-repeating information to oneself over and over again • Organization-grouping together related items • Elaboration-creating a relationship between two or more items that are not members of the same category • Guitar-clock • Sink-eye • foot -tent • House-pipe • Needle-fish

  3. More on learning • Reading strategies • Whole language-natural language • Basic skills approach-phonics • Mathematics • At first multiplication is a repeated addition

  4. IQ Tests • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (2yr-adult) • Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III • (WISC-III) 6yrs to 16 yrs

  5. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences • Learning styles of children

  6. Chapter 10 Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

  7. Erik Erikson • Industry vs Inferiority-sense of competence at useful tasks and skills • Self esteem • Better at reading messages from others • 8-15 peers are important • Learned helplessness-accrediting success to luck and not to personal ability student may quickly give up when task is too difficult

  8. Emotions • Pride and guilt occur at this time • By age 8, children realize that they can experience more than one emotion at a time • By age 10, children have a set of strategies to deal with emotions • Soon they can put themselves in others “shoes”

  9. Moral Development • Justice-concern beliefs about how to divide resources fairly • 5-6-fairness-equality • 6-7-fairness-merit extra rewards • 8-benevolence-special consideration

  10. Peer Groups and Social Interactions • Shared values and behaviors • Children who participate in formal groups ( 4-H, boy scouts, church groups etc.) gain in moral and social understanding

  11. Friendships • Mutually agreed upon relationship; similar personal qualities • Trust comes into play at this point

  12. 4 types of social acceptance • Popular children • Rejected children • Controversial children • Neglected children

  13. Parenting and Family • Siblings-help with companionship • Parents may compare siblings which may increase sibling rivalry • Oldest child –may still receive the greatest pressure to mature

  14. Family and Family types • Blended families • Extended families • Augmented families • Two parent families • Single families

  15. Issues related to school and home • School phobia-11 to 13 years (20% of children may exhibit) • Child Sexual Abuse • More common again girls than boys • Legal right to report • Long term therapy may be necessary

  16. Resilience • Warm, organized home life • Support system • Decrease stress

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