Developmental Psychology

Middle school age

The goals of the lecture VI

To describe physical growth durng middle childhood

To describe Piaget´s concept of concrete operational intelligence

To describe language development

To briefly describe Information processing theory

To describe main specifics of psychosocial development in middle childhood

To describe main family tasks

Text I: Middle Childhood

Source:

Walker, N., & Bobola, F. (2017). Psychology 172: Developmental Psychology: Life Span Development By Lumen Learning. College of the Canyons. (chapter 6)


Compulsory reading: pp. 90-95, 106-109

Questions after Reading:

Can you describe main aspect of concrete operational thought (classification, reversibility, reciprocity)?

Can you name three levels of memory according to Information processing theory?

Are you able to describe main changes in language development?

Can you namefive family tasks according to Berger (2005)?

Walker, N., & Bobola, F. (2017). Psychology 172: Developmental Psychology: Life Span Development By Lumen Learning. College of the Canyons. (chapter 6)
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