Middle Childhood

Question 1

Compared to early childhood, children spend ___ time with their parents

Answer 1

less

Question 2

___-supportive parenting involves having conversations with your child. This is a method of authoritative parenting. Values children’s independence, competence, and social relatedness. Involves co-regulation.

Answer 2

Autonomy

Question 3

Friendship correlates with ___ psychological adjustment. Provides emotional support and security. Is a buffer against unpleasant experiences and loneliness.

Answer 3

positive

Question 4

___ helps with the development of social skills.

Answer 4

Friendship

Question 5

___-Concept: domain-specific evaluations of the self

Answer 5

Self

Question 6

___ traces: exact replica

Answer 6

Verbatim

Question 7

___ traces: the main idea

Answer 7

Gist

Question 8

___-Esteem: global evaluations of the self; self-worth

Answer 8

Self

Question 9

___-Schema Theory: Children’s attention and behavior are guided by an internal motivation to conform to gender-based standards.

Answer 9

Gender

Question 10

Parents act as a ___ in the sense that they are the ones who take their children to places and choose what places they go. Exs: Soccer practice, church, school, etc. Furthermore, parents decide what soccer team they should join, what church they should join, what school they should attend, etc.

Answer 10

gatekeeper

Question 11

One of the three pieces to bullying: bullies have more ___

Answer 11

power

Question 12

One of the three pieces to bullying: it happens ___ over time

Answer 12

repeatedly

Question 13

One of the three pieces to bullying: a bully does it on ___

Answer 13

purpose

Question 14

During early childhood, children become more critical of their parents but still view their parents as the main source of ___ support.

Answer 14

emotional

Question 15

Developmental patterns of self-concept: simple, concrete behaviors & ___ attributes -> traits, social comparisons -> abstract, personal values

Answer 15

external

Question 16

Developmental patterns of self-concept: simple, concrete behaviors & external attributes -> traits, ___ comparisons -> abstract, personal values

Answer 16

social

Question 17

Developmental patterns of self-concept: simple, concrete behaviors & external attributes -> traits, social comparisons -> abstract, ___ values

Answer 17

personal

Question 18

Middle childhood marks the beginnings of adult logic and involves tangible objects, not ___ ideas

Answer 18

abstract

Question 19

During early childhood, all permanent ___ arrive

Answer 19

teeth

Question 20

___ of bullying are most likely to be boys and younger middle school students. More lonely, hard to make friends, unlikely to retaliate if bullied. Anxious, socially withdrawn, and/or aggressive

Answer 20

Victims

Question 21

From ages _-8 friendship involves shared activities, similarity, and same-sex preference is common

Answer 21

6

Question 22

By 9-_, loyalty, taking care of each other, mutual understanding, and self-disclosure are important components of friendship.

Answer 22

10

Question 23

Self-___: How good one is at an area
If a kid has strong self-efficacy in the areas that they care about, then their self-esteem will be higher.

Answer 23

Efficacy

Question 24

Demonstrating ___ and flexibility
demonstrates that a child can understand that object can have several properties or dimensions. Before middle childhood, children could not do this.

Answer 24

reversibility

Question 25

___ are not low in self-esteem or social competence, more likely to judge as moral those behaviors that other children view as immoral (stealing or insulting a peer), come from families where aggressive behavior is tolerated, often do not have close relationships with parents and view their parents as authoritarian, punitive, and lacking in supportiveness

Answer 25

Bullies