Physical, Cognitive & Moral Development in Middle Childhood

1. Children become capable of decentering during which of the following stages?
a) formal operational
b) sensorimotor
c) concrete operational
d) preoperational

2. Gilligan's research on Kohlberg's moral dilemmas suggest that women have a morality of ________ whereas men have a morality of _________.
a) justice; care
b) equality; loyalty
c) heteronomy; idiosyncrasy
d) care; justice

TRUE OR FALSE

3. Most obsesity in children is caused by metabolic or glandular disorders.

4. Children from poor families are more likely to be obese than children from middle income families.

5. Define locus of control.

6. Give an example of a teaching activity appropriate for children in the concrete operational stage. (Do NOT use one of the examples I gave on the web pages. Make up your own.)

7. Write one question that I did not ask about this chapter but that you know the answer to.
 

Now write the answer.  (-: