Vocab
The skillful use of the hands and fingers.
What is Dexterity?
The ability to be sensitive to others' feelings while also being competitive.
What is social awareness?
The stage when children develop greater independence and better judgment.
What is middle childhood?
The stage when children begin to experience the early signs of puberty.
What is pre-adolescence?
The ability to understand the difference between right and wrong.
What is moral reasoning?
The ability to place objects in order by characteristics, such as smallest to largest.
What is seriation?
The stage where children are talkative, imaginative, and eager to explore.
What is early childhood (ages 5-7)
The ability of eight- and nine-year-olds to reason and think more logically.
What is critical thinking?
The ability of 10- to 12-year-olds to think more abstractly and solve complex problems.
What is logical reasoning?
The ability to understand and care about how actions affect others.
What is empathy?
The ability to understand the relationship between two objects can extend to a third object.
What is Transitivity?
The tendency of children at this age to focus on the present rather than the future.
What is present focused thinking?
The grade levels typically associated with children ages eight and nine.
What are second to fourth graders?
The stage when friendships become more important and peer influence increases.
What is social development?
The theory that explains how children’s moral thinking develops in stages.
What is Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
Skills individuals use to solve problems.
What is executive strategies?
The way children express emotions through laughter, smiles, and tears.
What is emotional expression?
The stage when children become more easygoing than younger kids.
What is age 9?
The period when children refine motor skills, improving coordination and strength.
What is physical development?
The stage when children base right and wrong on rewards and punishments.
What is early moral development?
The ability to sort items by one or more characteristics they have in common
What is Classification?
The stage when children lose baby teeth and growth permanent ones.
What is physical growth and development?
The development that allows children to improve skills and knowledge.
What is cognitive growth?
The age when children start seeking more independence from parents.
What is late childhood?
The stage when children follow rules because they believe in fairness
What is conventional morality?