Development in Middle Childhood

· Growth – height/weight

· Reversal of principles of physical development (cephalocaudal/proximodestal)

· Skeletal development

· Brain development – frontal lobe, neurotransmitters

· Obesity – common causes

· ADHD –definition, characteristics

· Concrete Operational stage – age range, operations, logic, decentration, reversibility, conservation, seriation, classification

· Intelligence

o Psychometric approach – Stanford-Binet, Wechsler series, normal distribution, cumulative deficit hypothesis

o Cognitive Approach

§ Sternberg – Triarchic theory

§ Gardner – multiple intelligence

· Peer Relations

o Development of friendships

o Peer nomination technique

§ 5 categories

· Developmental Changes in Parent-child relationships

· Divorce/step families