Middle Childhood Flashcards

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The Big 5 traits

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extroversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness

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Bandura’s reciprocal determinism

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personal, behavioural, environmental factors interact in patterns

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Bandura’s social cognitive approach

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Helps understand development of self-efficacy

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self-efficacy

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child’s self-perceived competence

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self-concept

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Understanding of themselves improves
Find new ways to describe themselves and others

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Harter’s development of self (3-4y)

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Observable physical features
Preferences, possessions and social characteristics

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Harter’s development of self (5-7y)

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competencies

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Harter’s development of self (8-10y)

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More complex descriptions
Abilities and interpersonal attributes

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Harter’s development of self (early adolescence)

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Interpersonal attributes
Social skills and competencies
Emotions
Different selves in different contexts

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Harter’s development of self (middle adolescence)

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Introspective
Preoccupied with what others think of them
Begin to question self descriptions

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Harter’s development of self (late adolescence)

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Emphasize personal beliefs,morals, values
Think about the future of the relationship and future selves

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psychological self

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the understanding of one’s internal traits
self-judgements of competency

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valued self

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global evaluation of one’s self worth

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self-esteem

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affect based
how we view ourselves in comparisons to others
relationship between ideal selves and actual selves

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self-worth

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cognitive based
stable
how we view ourselves

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Harter and self-esteem development

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suggest it’s developed:
- how we perceive ourselves in the domain
- how important the domain is to us

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higher self-esteem in children = …

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  • competent, capable, pleased with identity
  • happier
  • more positive adjustment outcomes
  • higher academic success
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social development of self esteem (factors)

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  • family influences (accepting, consistent rules, involved)
  • constant praising of the child (can lead to disappointment when failure arises)
  • dark side of self esteem (become overconfident)
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children vs external and internal traits (6-7y)

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exclusively external

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children vs external and internal traits (7-8)

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increase in focus on internal traits

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moral realism stage

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rules are inflexible

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moral relativism stage

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many rules can be changed through social agreement

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social comparison

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people evaluate their own abilities/values/qualities by comparing them to others
gives a realistic appraisal of skills

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sociometric theory

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determination of child’s status within the peer group

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25
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categories of sociometric theory

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popular prosocial
popular aggressive
aggressive-rejected
non aggressive rejected

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popular prosocial

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friendly, well-liked

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popular aggressive

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athletic, arrogant, aggressive
viewed as cool

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aggressive rejected

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low level of self control
high aggression level

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non-aggressive rejected

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anxious, withdrawn,socially unskilled

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30
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friendships in middle childhood

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friends help with problem solving/conflict management

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early childhood friendship primary concern

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to maximize entertainment and excitement

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early childhood friendship main purpose of communication

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to coordinate play
talk about activities
resolve conlficts

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adolescent friendship emotional development

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to integrate logic and emotion
understand implications of friendship

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early childhood friendship emotional development

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manage arousal

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middle childhood friendship primary concern

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to be included
present oneself in + light

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middle childhood friendship main purposes of communication

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share negative gossip together

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middle childhood friendship emotional development

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acquire rules for showing emotion

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adolescent friendship primary concern

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explore, define oneself

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adolescent friendship main purpose of communication

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to disclose oneself to others

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bullying

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use of aggression against perceived weaker individuals to gain status or power

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grades 2-3 expectations of friends

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reward-cost

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grades 4-5 expectations of friends

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normative

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grades 6-7 expectations of friends

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empathetic

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reward-cost stage

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expect friends to help
share common activities
provide stimulating ideas
demographically similar
physically nearby

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normative stage

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expect friends to accept/admire them
loyalty and commitment
express similar attitudes and values

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empathetic stage

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expect genuineness and potential for intimacy
understanding + willing to self-disclose
accepting of interests
share attitudes, values and morals

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Piaget’s concrete operational stage

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  • children use schemes
  • decentration
  • reversibility
  • deductive knowledge
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children using schemes

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enables them to think logically about objects and events in real world

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decentration

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thinking that takes multiple variables into account

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reversibility

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both physical actions and mental operations can be reversed

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deductive knowledge

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still not strong

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advances in information processing

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  • automacity
  • executive processes
  • expertise
  • memory function continues to improve
  • processing efficiency
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processing efficiency

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ability to make efficient use of short term memory capacity increase with age

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automacity

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  • ability to recall info from long-term memory
  • without using short-term memory capacity
  • achieved through practice
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executive processes

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  • devising and carrying out strategies for remembering and solving problems
  • based on knowing how the mind works
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expertise

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  • more knowledge a person has about a topic, the more efficiently their info processing system will work, despite age
  • advanced skills in one area do not improve general levels of memory
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language

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  • children continue to add new vocabulary at rate of 5000 to 1000 words per day
  • by 8-9y, understand whole categories of words (adjectives, verbs, pronouns, etc)
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literacy

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  • ability to read and write = focus of education for 6-12
  • automacity
  • balanced approach
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literacy: automaticity

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  • identifying sounds and symbol connections
  • need plenty of opportunities to practice translating written language into spoken words
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literacy: balanced approach

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  • reading instruction combining explicit phonic instruction with other strategies for helping children acquire literacy
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bilingual education

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  • instills an appreciation for another culture
  • provides alternative
  • encourages children to become more objective and open-minded
  • preservation of heritage language = fundamental to preservation of language nature
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Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence

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  • musical
  • kinetic
  • interpersonal
  • intrapersonal
  • linguistics
  • mathematical
  • naturalistic
  • picture smart
  • self-smart
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Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence

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  • contextual
  • experiential
  • componential
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contextual intelligence

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knowing right behaviour for specific situation

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experiential intelligence

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learning to give specific response without thinking about them

66
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componential learning

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  • ability to come up with effective strategies
  • very analytical
67
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Daniel Goleman’s theory of emotional intelligence

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  • awareness of our own emotions
  • ability to express our emotions appropriately
  • capacity to channel our emotions into pursuing worthwhile goals
68
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theory of emotional intelligence and middle childhood

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ability to exercise control over their emotions in early childhood is strongly related to measures of academic achievement in high school

69
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testing in school

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refer to “Controversial Questions”, powerpoint on middle childhood, slide 22

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learners with exceptionalities

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  • disabilities and attention problems are correlated with achievement
  • educators moving away from labels
  • educators put emphasis on academic strengths and processing style
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categories of exceptionalities

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  • behaviour disorders
  • communication disorders
  • sensory impairements
  • intellectual impairements
  • pervasive development disorders
  • physical and health disorders
  • multiple
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behaviour disorders

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  • conduct disorder
  • social maladjustment
  • ADHD
  • etc.
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communication disorders

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  • language impairment
  • learning disability
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sensory impairments

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  • deafness
  • blindness
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intellectual impairments

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  • giftedness
  • mild intellectual disability
  • developmental disability
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pervasive development disorders

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  • child psychosis
  • schizophrenia
  • autism
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physical and health disorders

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  • neurological defects
  • physical disability
78
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multiple disorders

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mixture of multiple disorders

79
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Canadian Special Education (SE) practices

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modified program
- changes in curriculum
individual education plan (IEP)
- written document
- contains learning and behavioural objectives
- specific accommodations for the student

80
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ADHD causes

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caused by interaction of:
- genes
- temperament
- parenting style
- peer relationships
- stressors
- etc.

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ADHD types

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  • hyperactive-impulsive type
  • inattentive type
  • combined type