Emotional and Social Development in middle childhood

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Chapter 10

• Emotional and Social Development in middle
  childhood
• (7-11 years)

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Personality development

• Eriksons _____________________ stage
• _____________ have increased influence
• ___________________________ have great impact

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Self-development

• Changes in self-understanding
• Describe ____________ traits
• Compare characteristics (_______________________)
• Speculate about causes of strengths and
  weaknesses
• domains of self-esteem
• scholastic, athletic, physical appearance, social
  acceptance, behavioral conduct
• Self-esteem ______ during early elementary
  school rises from _____________ grade

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Influences on self-esteem

• making achievement-related attributions
• ____________________ - believe successes are
  related to ability failures can be controlled
• ___________________ - attribute failures to lack
  of ability and believe they have little control
  over the outcomes
• Parenting style

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Emotional development

• Self-Conscious Emotions
• ____________ motivates children to take on
  challenges.
• _________ prompts making amends, striving for
  self-improvement.
• Perspective taking
• Imagining what other people ______________________
  _________________________________________

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Moral development

• _________________ justice (Beliefs about how to
  divide resources fairly)
• 5 to 6 years Equality
• 6 to 7 years _______ (reward for hard
  work)
• Around age 8 __________________ (special
  considerations for those at disadvantage)

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Family influences

• Parent-Child Relationships
• Amount of time with parents drops.
• ____________
• Parents exercise general oversight, permitting
  children to be in charge moment-by-moment.
• only children
• ____________________________________ n
• Score higher in _________________________

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Divorce

• Age younger children blame themselves older
  children ___________
• ____________ and sex
• girls - internalize reactions or become
  attention-seeking
• boys - more serious adjustment problems
  (_____________)
• Overriding factor in adjustment is _______
  _____________________________ contact with
  fathers important

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Compared with agemates who have siblings, only
children

• A. exhibit higher rates of hyperactive,
  inattentive, and impulsive behavior
• B. tend to be less popular with peers
• C. have poorer social skills
• D. do better in school and attain higher levels
  of education