Developing and Aging
ACROSS THE LIFESPAN


Biology 266     —     Life Span part 2a

SCHOOL YEARS (Middle childhood and Adolescence):
  • Growing individual abilities:
    • Operationalism and complex reasoning, theories of intelligence
    • Ethnic and family influences
    • Children who are different
    • Word sense and reading, writing, math concepts, schools and teachers
    • Physical activity and sports
  • Growing social competencies:
    • Family relationships (parents, siblings, problems)
    • Poverty and social climate
    • Peers and friends: fitting in, popularity, rejection, bullying and aggression
    • TV and video games, electronic media
    • What others think
    • Prejudice, stereotyping, etc.


FURTHER DETAIL:

Growing Individual abilities       Growing Social abilities



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