Exam 13: Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development

Leon is asked whether a person should steal food if they are starving. Leon says no because it is against the law. Leon is in Kohlberg's conventional moral reasoning level, in the stage called _____.

Andrea is a typical 11-year-old whose increasingly realistic self-concept drives her to frequently compare herself with her peers. If Andrea is like most children, such comparisons will _____.

What is a hallmark of close friendships during middle childhood?

The latency period is a time of temporary antipathy toward the other gender.

Children in the same family do not share identical classes in school and friends; therefore, these are _____ aspects of their environments.

Changing the school culture so that children don't admire the bullies is more effective at ending bullying than teaching better social skills to victims.

Ten-year-old India caught Lyndsey, her best friend, lying to her own mom. India will probably _____.

For school-age children, three of the five essential functions of the _____ are providing basic necessities, helping the child to develop self-respect, and nurturing peer relationships.

Family function refers to _____.

The Piagetian stage of development that is similar to Kohlberg's level of preconventional morality is _____.

An example of an aggressive-rejected child is _____.

The type of aggression that uses electronic means to harm another is _____, which becomes more common after primary school.

The child who weathers severe family problems, even abuse, and yet emerges from those experiences unscathed is said to be _____.

One indication of psychosocial _____ between the ages of 6 and 11 is the ability to do more self-care (keeping oneself and one's room clean, making one's own lunch, etc.).

According to Freud, during the latency stage children _____.

Peers become _____ important in middle childhood.

Name and describe the first two levels of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning. How does a preschool child's morality differ from that of a school-age child?

Explore the relationships among family income, conflict, and family function. Include a discussion of the family-stress model in predicting the impact of low and high incomes on children.

Susan decides not to tell the teacher that her classmate Ian is cheating on the math exam because she is afraid the other kids will call her a snitch. This is an example of Kohlberg's _____ stage of moral development.

According to the text, what method has been effective in stopping bullying in schools?