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Small muscle control advances and draws the child's energy and enthusiasm
Touching, exploring, feeling the other kinesthetic activities become exciting with love for coloring, drawing, marbles, jacks, doing puzzles, making model giving great pleasure General health improves with fewer to surface with many children of this age Interest in the body and in the sexual nature of a person appears to wane somewhat though interest in pregnancy may surface Physical sphincter control is generally complete - in fact this is an age of deepening control - self, body, emotions Tires easily and may need rest |
E |
Industry vs. Inferiority
Inferiority is a great concern for this age child and small setbacks
may create a sense of work paralysis
"Bad days" are accompanied by not hearing directions, having to be brought back to reality, to tasks at hand, and forgotten and lost work or getting off track Life seems to be sung in a minor key Fear is often pervasive with increases in night terrors, sleep walking and talking, fears of monster talk Many exhibit almost a neurotic set of behaviors--increases in sucking fingers, chewing nails, hair, clothes, self stimulation, nervous tics and habits |
P |
Internal sense of right or wrong is developing
Holds single absolute idea of appropriate behavior Believes rules must remain unchanged, immutable Determines guilt by amount of damage done Moral wrongness comes from doing the forbidden Believes in obedience to rules as a requirement to those in authority - not questionable, but avoidable through not getting caught Feels peer aggression and transgression is especially grievance and will tattle to assume self validity and because of the belief that rules are "sacred" Intention is unimportant, while getting caught or not getting caught becomes paramount Self justification is common |
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Referents: Fathers may be more highly valued and quoted as authorities Teachers continue to be valued if the child is able to succeed at school Best friends become vital for many children Withdrawing is common in this age span Moodiness and melancholy are common attendants Extra time is often filled with ruminating and the solitary pursuits - reading, TV, daydreaming Frequently complaints about others and unfairness as well as tattling are normal Request for assistance are usually honored and taken seriously, done willingly Bickering and teasing may increase if child feels a sense of insecurity or crisis When upset the child often comes to others to fight the battle or square things |
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Concrete operational thinking emerges: the child begins to understand causality and continuity
in time objects, numbers, etc.
There is more than verbal agreement with inanimate objects no being alive, that the sun does not move itself, that clouds do not make the decision to rain Child may truly wish to do good work for an internal sense of value, responsibility There may be an emergent understanding of reversibility in conversation of matter, liquid, etc. The intellect may be in the ascendancy and with it an new sense of prowess in really understanding a notion or concept, even initiating a personal explanation |
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Emotional Development |
Philosophical Development |
Social Development |
Intellectual Development |
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You should now:
Go on to 8th Year
or
Go back to PEPSI
E-mail J'Anne Ellsworth at jet@sedona.net
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