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6: Middle Childhood

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    54371
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    Learning Objectives

    At the end of this lesson, you will be able to

    • Describe physical growth during middle childhood.

    • Prepare recommendations to avoid health risks in school‐aged children.

    • Describe recognized examples of concrete operational intelligence.

    • Define conservation, reversibility, and identity in concrete operational intelligence.

    • Explain information processing theory of memory.

    • Characterize language development in middle childhood.

    • Compare pre‐conventional, conventional, and post‐conventional moral development.

    • Define learning disability and describe dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    • Evaluate the impact of labeling on children's self‐concept and social relationships.

    • Explain the rationale for identifying childhood conditions as spectrum disorders.

    • Explain the controversy over the use of standardized testing in schools.

    • Compare Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.

    • Compare aptitude and achievement tests.

    • Apply the ecological systems model to explore children's experiences in schools.

    • Examine social relationships in middle childhood.

    • Characterize the incidence and impact of sexual abuse in middle childhood.

    • Analyze the impact of family structure on children's development.

    • Describe the developmental stages of stepfamilies.


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