Exam 12: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

According to Piaget, children reach the __________ stage when they are able to consider the intent of the action in their reasoning.

Boys engage in more __________play; girls engage in more__________ play.

Ten-year-old Peng was on the district championship soccer team last year. This year, Peng told his teammates he wants the team to compete at the state level. Peng's teammates cheer him when he says this. In all likelihood, Peng has __________self-esteem.

Bandura states that the components of personality interact and influence each other. Which on of the following is the term Bandura employed to describe this interaction?

Physical aggression decreases during middle childhood except for __________where aggression remains high.

According to trait theorists, personality is a collection of consistent means of responding to similar situations. They argue that the temperaments of early childhood evolve by middle childhood into stable traits. Present the types and qualities of the Big Five Personality Trait Theory.

Research by Susan Harter (1987, 1990) has indicated that the development of positive self- esteem depends on a number of cognitive and social variables. Which one of the following is a variable essential to the development of positive self-esteem?

__________become more important during middle childhood.

When asked, Clarisse describes herself as a little girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She says that her best friend is Freda. Clarisse is probably at least__________ years old.

What is the effect on development during the middle childhood period of watching television, playing video games, and using the computer?

A __________is a consistent manner of interacting with specific environmental situations.

__________is the global assessment of one's own self worth.

__________ is the social status of children who are frequently nominated as a best friend and who have good social skills.

__________ is the term Bandura employs to describe a child's concept of their own competencies.

A group of 10-year-old boys are playing rough-house on the playground. One of the boys, Tom, says that he doesn't want to do this anymore and runs over to the ball fields. All of the boys follow him. Which one of the following patterns of boys' same-sex play is being exhibited?

Although in the middle-childhood years children still remain attached to their parents, they should demonstrate increasing amount of

Nine-year-old Donald tells the researcher that he is one of the most popular children in the class. However, he frequently runs away with the ball when he does not get his way. He also yells at other children that they are not good at the game and takes their turns. Donald is an example of a __________child.

Eleven-year-old Better and Hannah are best friends. According to research, they are best friends because they

More a watcher than a participant, 8-year-old Colleen is very shy. Frequently she just shakes her head when the teacher urges her to join the group. Colleen is most likely a__________Child.

Lola told the other girls in the fifth grade not to play with Neela because Lola did not like her. This is an example of __________ aggression.