Chapter 9

Question 1

What age’s would be considered middle childhood?

Answer 1

7-12 years

Question 2

Boys and girls continue to gain a little more than 5cm a year in hight until the _________ _______ _______ (rapid growth)

Answer 2

Adolescent growth spurt

Question 3

In middle childhood, the average Childs body weight _______

Answer 3

Doubles

Question 4

Average 6-7 year olds need _________ calories a day (if inactive) and 8-10 year olds need _______ calories a day

Answer 4

1400, and 1600

Question 5

Boys are slightly heavier and taller than girls at the age of __-___ years, but air;s then go through their growth spurt first and surpass boys at the age ___-___

Beginning at about age 11 years, boys develop more _____, while girls develop more ______.

Answer 5

9-10, 13-14

Boys develop more MUSCLE and girls develop more FAT

Question 6

True or False: Child Obesity has tripled over the past three decades

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

What is Sedentary Behaviour

Answer 7

behaviour that involves very little physical movement (sitting/watching tv, sitting at a computer, playing video games)

Question 8

More than _____ Canadians aged 5-17 are not active enough for optimal growth and development

Answer 8

More than half

Question 9

What kind of guidelines are suggested to reduce the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle

Answer 9

No more than 2 hours of screen time a day.
Children should walk to school regularly.
Children should be encouraged to spend time outdoors in active play.

Question 10

Only ___% of children aged 6-17 meet the guidelines to reduce the risk of a sedentary lifestyle.

Answer 10

Only 8.4%

Question 11

______ ________ may serve as examples of poor exercise habits, encourage overeating, and keep unhealthy foods at home

Answer 11

Overweight Parents

Question 12

What stimulants are the medications prescribed to medically treat ADHD

Answer 12

Concrete and Dexedrin

Strattera is also used and is not a stimulant

Question 13

How do stimulants treat ADHD?

Answer 13

They release Dopamine and Noradrenaline, which arouses the “executive centre” of the brain which increases a persons attention span

Question 14

What types of Non-medical therapy treat ADHD

Answer 14

B-mod and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Question 15

What is Classroom Inclusion

Answer 15

placing children with disabilities in classrooms with children without disabilities

Question 16

At what age do children make enormous strides in their cognitive development as their thought processes and language become more logical and complex

Answer 16

at 11 years old

Question 17

According to Piaget, at what age do children move from the pre-oeprational stage to Concrete Operational

Answer 17

7-12 years

Question 18

What are some characteristics of the Concrete operational stage in comparison to the preoperational stage

Answer 18

• children have more adult logic, but focus more on tangible objects rather than abstract ideas
• thought is reversible and flexible
• they recognize that people have different perspectives than their own
• they engage in De-centration (Can focus on multiple parts of a problem at once)
• they understand the Law of Conservation

Question 19

What is Transivity and what does it have to do with middle childhood

Answer 19

Transivity = if A>B, and B>C, then A>C

Children begin to understand this in middle childhood

Question 20

In middle childhood, children begin to understand Seriation, what is Seriation??

Answer 20

Placing objects in n order or series according to a property or trait

ex. placing multiple shades of leaves from darkest to lightest