CORRECT Answers
middle childhood - CORRECT ANSWER - ages 6-11, 1st-5th grade
golden age of childhhood
cognitive middle childhood - CORRECT ANSWER - -reversibility
-rules
-follows steps more logically
-understand responsibility to take care of themselves
friendships are key
psychosocial middle school - CORRECT ANSWER - - preoccupied w/ self
- self-eval their attractiveness
- compare own body & appearance with other teens
- interest & anxiety about sexual development
adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER - 12-18 years
live in the moment
occupations - self care management, work, education, extra-curriculars
puberty - CORRECT ANSWER - increase in height & weight
- girls 8-13 yrs old; peak at 11 (psychosocial issues)
-boys 11-12; peak at 13 (popular, better adjusted)
, strong desire to fit in
peak motor performance - CORRECT ANSWER - males - 17-18 years old
females - 14 years
adolescence cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER - - develop logical thinking
- symbolic thought & hypothetical-deductive reasoning
- interest in future
adolescence psychosocial - CORRECT ANSWER - - pubertal changes achieved
- developing acceptance of their bodies, shift interest to appearance and trying to be attractive
- peers > parents
- risk taking behaviors
late adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER - - college years
- strengthen relationships w/ parents
- stable value system
- stable sense of self & self-ability
- improved to regulate emotions & anticipate consequence
positive self-esteem behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - - expresses opinions
- mixes w/ other teens
- initiates friendly interactions
- make eye contact
volunteers for tasks & activities
negative self-esteem behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER - - avoid eye contact
- appears overly confident