Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood

Piaget’s Concrete Operations• Integration of the powerful, abstract, and internal schemes which

include ____________________, __________________________, _________________________, & _________________________.

• Problems dealing w/ remote, future or _____________________ (abstract) matters.

• Conservation – recognition that quality of something stays the ___________ despite changes in appearance.– This age shows understanding of conservation and

___________________ of operations.• Classification – class inclusion of concepts (examples:• This age exhibits Inductive Logic – general principle of how

something works• Does not exhibit deductive logic – Moving from

__________________ to ___________________ principles (start w/ rule and go to how to apply is difficult)

Sequence of Conservation

• Numbers

• Substance

• Length

• Area

• Weight

• Volume

Children’s Perception of Others• ____________________________ -

certain inaccurate, rigid, exaggerated cultural image– Guide identifying social exchanges

• Children _________________ 8 years of age describe people according to __________________, observable traits (simple, absolute, moral manners)– People are Good, _______________, horrible or

_________________________• 8 years and __________________ - more specific

and precise (larger vocabulary) more inner disposition and behavior

Language Development• Vocabulary

– 5th grader learns __________ new words a day– 40,000 word vocabulary by age

_____________________– Understand words have ___________________

meaning• Syntax and Pragmatics

– Begin studying grammar– Sentence _______________________ becomes more

complex– They can & should modify _________________,

____________________, and ____________________ depending on context and who they talk to

Assessment of Intelligence

• IQ - ___________ _________________• EQ - ___________ _________________

– Emotional self-regulation, ability to control and avoid conflict

• School readiness sample for Kansas

Exceptionalities & Limitations

• Dyslexia• Giftedness/Genius• Mental Retardation (Mental Disability)• Learning Disability• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder• Autism• Asperger’s Syndrome• Social Integration Dysfunction• Limited English Proficiency (LEP)• English as a Second Language (ESL)