Middle and Late Childhood Overview
Learning Outcomes
- Summarize the overall physical growth
- Describe the positive effects of sports
- Describe reasons for a lack of participation in youth sports
- Explain the current trends regarding being overweight in childhood and the consequences of excess weight
- Describe Piaget's concrete operational stage and the characteristics of concrete operational thought
- Identify common disabilities in childhood and the legislation that protects students educationally
- Describe Erikson's stage entitled Industry vs. Inferiority