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Middle Childhood |
6 - 11 years |
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Amount of growth in a year |
2 - 3''; 5 - 7 lbs |
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Show better performance in gross motor skills |
Boys |
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Show better performance in fine motor skills |
Girls |
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Leading causes of death in this age group |
Accidents (cars, etc.), cancer (leukemia, etc.) |
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Complications of obesity |
Respiratory and orthopedic problems; high blood pressure; elevated cholesterol; Type 2 diabetes; low self-esteem; depression; peer interaction problems |
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Causes of obesity |
Changes in diet; time spent watching TV; inadequate levels of exercise |
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Prevention of obesity |
Parental influence: encouraging healthy eating habits, limiting access sugary food and beverages, encouraging physical activities, being healthy role models |
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Dyslexia |
Disability for spelling/reading |
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Dysgraphia |
Severe impairment in writing ability |
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Dyscalcula |
Severe impairment in ability to calculate numbers |
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ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; a disability showing inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity; an inability to process information quickly and usably |
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Piaget's Concrete Operations |
Stage that lasts from 7 to 11 years; children can perform concrete operations and can apply logical reason to concrete examples |
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Cognitive gains for children in this age group |
Conservation; reversibility; empathy; seriation |
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Cognitive losses for this age group |
Animism; centration; egocentrism |
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Seriation |
Ability to order info (lengths; lists) |
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Intelligence |
Problem-solving skills and ability to learn from and adapt to life's everyday experiences |
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Individual Differences |
The stable, consistent ways in which people are different from each other |
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Mental Retardation |
A condition of limited mental ability in which an individual has a low IQ and has difficulty adapting to everyday life; a score below 70 on intelligence tests |
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Giftedness |
Above-average intelligence and/or superior talent for something; a score of 130 or higher on intelligence tests |