1. What is metacognition? What role does it play in middle childhood?
2. As a consequence...in middle childhood we see major advances in attention, automatization, and memory. What are some of these advances? How do they affect learning and behavior?
3. With 50% of marriages ending in divorce, what is the effect of divorce on the child in middle childhood and adolescence? How important do you think a parent's relationship is to children and why?
4. What is the effect of violent videogames and movies on children in middle childhood and adolescence? What are some reasons that violent games and movies are popular to kids in this stage? Based on the developmental theories you have learned, suggest some ways parents could use to help a child who is obsessed with violent videogames and movies.
5. Both Kohlberg and Piaget focused on the moral development of the child. How would each theorist explain why a 10-year-old child might steal a toy from a store? Which one is more convincing to you? Why?
6. Adolescence is a time of transition. What are some of the major physically, emotionally and cognitively changes that a child goes through during this time period? How do they effect the child's maturation process?
7. Throughout adolescence the risk of teen pregnancy is present. Prevention programs have been attempted and implemented that aim to help reduce the number of teen pregnancies. What are some of the elements of these prevention programs? How do they impact teen pregnancy rates?
8. What is the importance of peers in middle childhood and adolescence? Is there a difference at each stage of development? What effect does interaction with peers have on an individual's cognitive and socioemotional development?