chapter 9

The School-Age Child

Study Guide

Student Name  Date

Matching Questions

1. ____ 6 years

2. ____ 7 years

3. ____ 8 years

4. ____ 9 years

5. ____ 10 years

6. ____ 11 to 12 years

7. ____ sibling rivalry

8. ____ self-image

a. emotional conflict between brothers and sisters

b. period of complete disorganization

c. can be bossy, rude, sensitive to criticism

d. beginning of preadolescence

e. easiest age to teach

f. group fads begin, hero worship is evident

g. how a person perceives himself or herself

h. worries, compulsions, and nervous habits may be common

Multiple Choice

1. Erikson believes that the school-age child is in the stage of:

1. self-esteem versus shame and doubt

2. identity versus identity confusion

3. industry versus inferiority

4. autonomy versus inferiority

2. According to Piaget (cognitive development), the school-age child:

1. thinks and reasons in concrete terms

2. thinks and reasons in abstract terms

3. thinks and reasons in philosophical terms

4. thinks and reasons in preoperational terms

3. The best guidelines to use when answering children’s questions related to sex include:

1. answering questions simply and at the child’s level of understanding

2. answering questions with complex terms because the school-age child is old enough to understand

3. answering questions in a matter-of-fact way so that the child does not become embarrassed

4. deferring questions back to the child’s teachers because they are better at answering these types of questions

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