Physical Development
Developmental stage of entrenchment/eradication of risk and protective factors.
What is middle childhood?
Piaget stage involving abstract reasoning.
What is Formal Operations?
Severe physical and psychological injury
What is trauma?
Rejecting over-simplistic stereotypes of individuals/groups
What is understanding complexity of group memberships?
For school age children, nearly as influential as parents
What is peer group?
Puberty occurring before age 8 in girls and before 8 in boys.
What is precocious puberty?
Ability of the brain to change in response to stimuli.
What is plasticity?
Symptoms - Anxious, frequent tantrums, nightmares, gain/loss of weight, low energy, risk taking
What are signs a child might need help?
Bicultural and multicultural competence
What are skills non-dominant groups need to survive and thrive?
Ability to engage in sustained, positive, and mutually satisfying social interactions and relationships
What is social competence?
What is an area of concern for middle schoolers?
Elimination of synapses in the brain
What is pruning?
(Synaptogenesis)
The ability to motivate oneself and persist in face of frustrations, control impulses, and regulate mood.
What is emotional intelligence (Goldman's Theory)?
Drive to acquire new skills and meaningful work
What is industry
(Industry vs. Inferiority)
Powerful predictor of psychological adjustment
What is peer acceptance?
Lone bone growth is a source for childhood physical discomfort
What are growing pains?
Region of the brain subject to neuromaturation
Key to understanding heritability of family violence
What are family dynamics and emotional regulation?
Direct teaching and curriculum related to social and moral values
What is character education?
Feelings one's emotional and psychological identity as male/female may differ from one's assigned biological development
What is gender dysphoria?
Self-schema including negative self-evaluation, pessimism, and hopelessness
What are risk factors for developing depression?
What are factors of emotional style?
Verbal, psychological, social (relational) tactics, often directed at one through the use of technology
What is indirect bullying?
Degree to which one's appearance, behavior, interests, and self-concept conform to gender norms
What is gender typicality?