Schoolager GD (Exam 1)

Question 1

School Ager: Age

Answer 1

6-12 years

Question 2

School Ager: Weight

Answer 2

4-6 lbs / year

Question 3

School ager: Height

Answer 3

2 inches / year

Question 4

School Ager: General Appearance

Answer 4

Slimmer look with long legs

Increase in muscle

Decrease in H.C in relation to height

Thinner at waist

Question 5

School ager: Teeth

Answer 5

deciduous teeth are starting to be lost and permanent teeth erupt

Lots of orthodontic work in this age group

Teaching dental hygiene is very important (no adult help)

Question 6

When a child is able to tie their shoe they should also be able to

Answer 6

Brush their teeth

Question 7

At what age should a child be able to tie their shoe and brush their teeth?

Answer 7

6 years old

Question 8

Why are children sick more during their first couple years of school?

Answer 8

Immune system does not have enough antibodies

Question 9

School ager: Bone growth faster than muscle and ligament development so they are more susceptiable to what?

Answer 9

Fractures

Question 10

At what age is brain growth complete?

Answer 10

10 years of age

Question 11

By 6-7 a child vision should be?

Answer 11

20/20

Fully developed

Question 12

At what age can most children read?

Answer 12

7 years old

Question 13

Is reversing letters and numbers common in 6 year olds?

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

Motor Development: At 6-8 years old a child should be able to

Answer 14

Ride a bicycle (w/o training wheels)

Print word and learn cursive

Question 15

Motor Development: At 8-10 years old a child should be able to

Answer 15

-Participate in organized sports (can know and follow rules)

-Use hands independently

Question 16

Motor Development: At 10-12 years old a child should be able to

Answer 16

-Enjoy all physical activities

-Continues to improve his motor coordination

Question 17

What is stressful to a school ager?

Answer 17

-Super natural beings

-Injury

-Storms

-Dark

-Home alone

-Separation from parents

-Things on TV and Movies

-Failure in school

-Test

-Being unattractive

Question 18

School Ager: Sleep

Answer 18

Sleep declines slightly but increase during pre-pubertal growth spurt

8-9 hrs per night

Question 19

School ager: Play (overreview)

Answer 19

Takes on a new dimension that reflects new stage of development.

Increased physical skill, intellectual ability, and fantasy.

Children form groups and begin to evolve a sense of belonging to a team or group

Question 20

School Ager: Play Ideas

Answer 20

Board games

Video games

Books

COLLECTIBLES

Music

Texting

Group activities

Question 21

At what age is child ready for competition?

Question 22

School ager: Dislike

Answer 22

When people break the rules and cheat (kohlberg moral stage of development)

Question 23

School Ager: Play Age 6

Answer 23

Longer attention spans and prefer structured activities to more open-ended experiences

Question 24

School ager: Play age 8

Answer 24

Love table games (school agers like to be with people)

Hate to loose

Question 25

By what age are children ready for competition?

Answer 25

Age 10

Question 26

School ager: Piaget (play)

Answer 26

They love to observe and classify They love to collect things

Question 27

Can school agers think logically?

Answer 27

Yes They can start adding and subtracting numbers Use tangible examples

Question 28

School agers are increasingly influenced by peers so they

Answer 28

Want to dress, hair, every-thing to be like their peers Admire their peers

Question 29

School agers begin to associate more with their ____ and less with their ____

Answer 29

More with peers Less with family

Question 30

When does bullying start to occur?

Answer 30

School age children (6-12) Jealousy

Question 31

When do children start to mix awkwardly with the opposite sex?

Answer 31

by age 11

Question 32

School Age: Social Development

Answer 32

-Wants other children to play with them -Insists on being FIRST in every thing -Become peer oriented -Less family oriented

Question 33

School Ager: Erikson

Answer 33

Industry vs Inferiority

Question 34

School Ager: Erikson Industry vs Inferiority

Answer 34

-Children get the skills to help become contributing members to community -School agers need to feel good about themselves and that they are good at something to developed a sense of industry (excel in sports or in B/G scouts or spelling bees or music) the process is more important than the end result -If they don't feel good at something they will start to feel inferior -They need to excel in something and or group

Question 35

What is SUPER important for school agers?

Answer 35

Getting them involved in sports - clubs - activities to help develop a sense of industry

Question 36

School Ager: Piaget Stage

Answer 36

Concrete Operational Stage

Question 37

School Ager: Piaget Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 37

-Able to use thoughts to experience events and situation -Can now think logically and perform mental operations -Understands water in different cup is same volume -Less rigid and egocentric think of consequence & choose not to do it -They start understanding by holding, touching, and seeing things

Question 38

School Ager: Language

Answer 38

Using how to use grammar and definitions Start to understand jokes and riddles

Question 39

School Age: Prepubescence

Answer 39

2 year period that precedes purberty Start to see differences between boys and girls Early appearance of secondary sex characteristics in girls and late appearance in boys that have been correlated with risk taking behaviors