Understanding Self & Others in Middle Childhood
Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
Identity vs. Role confusion
Family and Friends
100
The set of attributes, abilities, attitudes, and values that an individual believes defines who he or she is.
What is self-concept
100
School-age children are likely to explain emotion by referring to internal states rather than external events.
What is emotional understanding
100
This involves defining who you are, what you value, and the directions you choose to pursue in life.
What is identity
100
This is a sense of oneself as a separate, self-governing individual.
What is autonomy
200
Children whose parents use this parenting style have higher self-esteem.
What is authoritative
200
Strategies for adjusting our emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity so we can accomplish our goals
What is Emotional Self-Regulation
200
This is a temporary period of distress as adolescents experiment with alternatives before settling on values and goals.
What is identity crisis
200
This term means teenagers start to view their parents as “just people.”
What is deidealize
300
Attributions that credit success to ability, which can be improved through effort, and failure to insufficient effort.
What is Mastery-Oriented Attribution
300
In this type of coping, children appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty, and decide what to do about it.
What is problem-centered coping
300
This is a story involving a conflict between two moral values.
What is moral dilemma
300
This is several cliques with similar values from a larger, more loosely related organization, put together.
What is a crowd