HDE 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Adrenarche, Grey Matter, Ideal Class Group
26 Apr 2019
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Lecture 7 - psychosocial development in middle childhood: part 1. Biological: adrenarche, peak in gray matter & increasing white matter. Physical: slowed growth, increasing adiposity & muscle mass, improved motor skills. Cognitive: increased reasoning, problem solving, self - concepts & relatedness. Concrete operations, decentering, reversibility, memory, theory - of- mind, & executive functions. Emotional: self - esteem, autonomy, feelings of competence or incompetence, & self - confidence. Social: school, neighborhood, unrelated adults, peers, friendships, out - of - school programs. Industry vs. inferiority (6 - 12 or 7 - 11) Growing sense of competence, productivity, mastery & proficiency. Growing feelings of incompetence, inferiority, failure & inadequacy. Achievement motivation, social interest, & academic engagement. External & physical internal & psychological. Increasing recognition of strengths & weaknesses more complex self - concepts. Personal & academic spheres of self - concepts. Time spent with parents & their unique treatment. Genes explain half or more of the variance in most traits.
