PSYC 4070 Chapter : Chapter 9 WITHOUT ABBREVIATIONS
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Chapter 9: physical and cognitive development in middle childhood. Height and weight changes: elementary school children in us grow an average of 2-3 inches per year, by age 11, girls slightly taller than boys. Motor development: gross motor skills, improvement in gross motor skills related to muscle coordination, master many skills that they could not perform well before middle childhood. Inclusion efforts people used to hide these children; now societies. We don"t have the large institutions of the past. They through inclusion effort, people are being included in our are no longer segregated. effect. In middle childhood, cognitive abilities broaden: children more able to understand/master complex skills, though still not fully adult like. Cup, knives, forks, plates: pattern is cups and plates, forks and knives. Is different when younger: alfred binet developed 1st intelligence test. Intelligence benchmarks: differentiating the intelligent from the unintelligent selves for not understanding resources effectively when faced with challenges: when younger don"t ask for clarification/blame.
