1. How do socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and culture influence schooling?
2. What characterizes the development of the brain in middle and late childhood?
3. Who are children with disabilities? What characterizes children with learning disabilities?
4. What are the key characteristics of mental retardation and giftedness?
5. What are some changes in vocabulary and grammar in the middle and late childhood years?
6. What characterizes moral development in middle and late childhood? What are gender stereotypes, and what are some important gender differences?
7. How is attachment linked to children's development in middle and late childhood?
8. What is the nature of bullying?