Middle Childhood

Question 1

What are body function changes in middle childhood?

Answer 1

2-3 inches growth each year
Head size proportion to body decreases
Increase in limb growth

Question 2

What is reaction time?

Answer 2

A psychomotor ability that allows the person to quickly move the arms and/or legs in response to a stimulus.

Question 3

What is coincidence anticipation?

Answer 3

The ability to time a movement in response to another moving object.

Question 3

What is the brain development occurring in middle childhood?

Answer 3

Frontal lobe continues to develop, increase in the right side of the brain. Corpus callosum fully myelinates which allows for connection between the left and right side of the brain

Question 4

What near senses are vital in middle childhood?

Answer 4

Touch, taste, and movement

Question 5

What far senses are vital in middle childhood and why are they important?

Answer 5

Vision and hearing. These are needed to function at school and in the community.

Question 6

What happens with global and specific mental functions in middle childhood?

Answer 6

Ability to attend, self correct & redirect
Memory and metamemory

Question 7

What is concept formation?

Answer 7

A child’s ability to put things in a group together
If you give them pictures of items, they can categorize them into groups

Question 8

What is transivity?

Answer 8

Place things in succession/sequencing. Increase logical thinking

Question 9

What is reversibility?

Answer 9

Able to construct and deconstruct things
Fold/unfold, put toy together and take it apart

Question 10

What is seriation?

Answer 10

Putting things in an order based on one dimension (length or width for example)

Question 11

What is classification?

Answer 11

Categorize objects based on criteria
Color, shape, heroes vs villains

Question 12

What is conservation?

Answer 12

Understanding that different glasses with same amount of water look different

Question 13

What is decentration?

Answer 13

Able to look at several features or relationships simultaneously
Ex: choice of glass (color vs size vs shape)

Question 14

What is equivalency?

Answer 14

Looking at two objects, comparing them and determining if they are equal or not

Question 15

Describe typical skills in middle childhood: money management

Answer 15

Should allow child to go on shopping trips, have allowance

Question 16

Describe typical skills in middle childhood: memory tasks

Answer 16

Structured games like Jeopardy and Concentration

Question 17

Describe typical skills in middle childhood: Games, hobbies

Answer 17

Child has to mentally problem solve, remember how things are done

Question 18

Describe typical skills in middle childhood: Humor

Answer 18

Able to comprehend jokes

Question 19

What skills are needed for school function in middle childhood?

Answer 19

Reading, writing, language development, and math
 Independence
 Time management
 Peer interactions
 Dealing with emotions (matures)
 Play
 Promote moral and civic values

Question 20

What are some examples of IADL’s in middle chidhood?

Answer 20

Time management
Chores
Allowance
Use the phone and appliances

Question 21

What are some examples of ADL’s in middle childhood?

Answer 21

Self care, mobility, social function

Question 22

What is Erickson’s stage of development in middle childhood?

Answer 22

Industry vs Inferiority

Question 23

What are the purpose and adverse reaction to Erickson’s stage of development in middle childhood?

Answer 23

Purpose: Entering school, child is proud of
accomplishments
Adverse Resolution: Consistent failure may lead to a sense of inferiority

Question 24

What is concrete operational thought?

Answer 24

Able to use logic in solving problems involving physical objects. Example: the child can understand principles of cause and effect, size, and distance