Being aware of others' distress and wanting to help them.
What is compassion?
The use of logic based on what you have seen or experienced.
What is concrete operations?
Children grow _____ to ______ inches per year during middle childhood.
What is 2-3?
Ability to see close objects more clearly than those at a farther distance.
What is nearsightedness?
A child's vocabulary ____________ in size between the ages of 6 and 12.
What is doubles?
The view a person has of himself or herself.
What is self concept?
Ability to group items by common attributes.
What is classification?
Middle Childhood students have better control of these muscles than when they were preschoolers.
What are the large muscles of the body?
By teaching healthy habits, controlling portion sizes, and encouraging physical activity this can be avoided in children.
What is obesity?
Concept of using accepted rules of conduct when interacting with others.
What is morality?
The belief that you are a worthwhile person.
What is self esteem?
A technique children use to remember information.
What is rehearsal?
These two things contribute to most of the differences in the physical growth of children.
What is are heredity and environment?
By this age, children's primary teeth are replaced by the adult permanent teeth.
What is 12 years of age?
The concept that a change in position or shape of substances does not change the quantity.
What is conservation?
Defining yourself in terms of qualitites, skills, and attributes that you see in others.
What is social comparison?
The ability to arrange items in increasing or decreasing order based on volume, size or weight.
What is seriation?
At the beginning of middle childhood boys are usually slightly________________ than girls.
What is taller?
Ability to see objects at a distance more clearly than those that are closer.
farsightedness
Developmental changes are _____________ during early childhood compared to infancy and toddlerhood.
What is slower?
The ability to understand the feelings of others.
What is empathy?
Manipulation of ideas based on logic rather than perception.
What is operation?
At the end of middle childhood boys may reach 80% of their adult height and girls may reach _______ % of their adult height.
What is 90%?
If left untreated, ear infections can cause _____________ ____________ ______________.
What is permanent hearing loss?
What is practicing following directions?