According to Piaget's theory, children at the concrete operation stage (ages 6-12) can "decenter". What does "decentering" allow children to do?
Think about more than one dimension or aspect of a situation at one time.
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When asked who they look up to or admire, the majority of children's responses were?
Family members (parents, siblings)
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What was the most common response for who is the most important person to you?
Mom
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What are the approximate ages of children in Stage 1 of Kohlberg's preconventional level?
Five to eight or nine.
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What did most kids say happened after death?
We go to heaven.
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What are the two types of remembering/retrieval?
Recognition and recall
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According to Erikson, what stage of psychosocial development do the majority of children in our age group fall into?
Industry vs. Inferiority
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Name what children said they were most afraid of.
The dark.
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What did all eight children say was the worst thing someone could do to them?
Hurt them physically or emotionally.
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Based on Erikson's theory and our interviews, which two stages of development were all of our kids in?
Initiative vs guilt (ages 3 to 6) and Industry vs Inferiority (ages 6 to 12).
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Linking several pieces of information together into a single meaningful unit is called what?
Chunking
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When asked "How do you deal with people you don't like?", what was the response for the majority of children?
Walk away.
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What is one of the basic emotions that first emerges between ages two and six months and continues to be present throughout the lifespan?
Possible answers: Anger, Surprise, Fear, or Sadness
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According to Piaget, children from ages five to eight or nine possess what kind of morality?
Heteronomous
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What demographic variable was most the most common for all of the children interviewed?
Gender- 7 of 8 children were female
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Six of eight kids answered ____ when asked: "Would you change anything about yourself, and if so, what?"
No
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Most children defined a good friend based on how that person treats them or what they do for them. What stage of Selman's Model of Friendship and Levels of Perspective Taking Skills do their responses fall into?
Stage 1 or Differentiated/Subjective Stage
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What is the cornerstone of emotional well-being?
Emotion regulation
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According to Kohlberg's model, children of what age in the preoconventional level have a concrete, individualistic orientation?
8/9 to 11/12
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What did older children say was the best age to be and why?
Either 16 because they got a car or 18 because they would be in college.
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When asked "what is the best lesson you have learned?" most kids answered with ____-based activities, such as math or sports.
Skill
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What are the three components of psychosocial development according to Selman's friendship framework?
Friendship Understanding, Friendship Skills, and Friendship Valuing
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What stages of Selman's theory are children ages 6 to 11 operating in?
#1 and #2
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Of the children we interviewed, what specific age or age range expressed that other people made their life worth living?
Possible answers: 9, 10, or 11 or 9-11
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What positive virtue will all of the children interviewed have if they successfully master Industry vs. Inferiority?