CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Erikson, the danger in middle childhood is ____, reflected in the pessimism of children who lack confidence in their ability to do things well.
A
inferiority
B
mistrust
C
shame
D
despair
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Third, Erikson (1959) characterized middle childhood as a time of “industry versus inferiority” when the child’s attention is focused on acquiring new competencies and skills and learning how to get along with others, including peers and adults across a variety of contexts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Age: Self-esteem tends to grow steadily until middle school when the transition of moving from the familiar environment of elementary school to a new setting confronts children with new demands. Self-esteem either continues to grow after this period or begins to decrease.

Detailed explanation-3: -Concrete operational stage. The concrete operational stage is the third stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. This stage, which follows the preoperational stage, occurs between the ages of 7 and 11 (middle childhood and preadolescence) years, and is characterized by the appropriate use of logic.

Detailed explanation-4: -inferiority-4th of erikson’s psychosocial stages, during which children develop a sense of their own competence through mastery of culturally defined learning taskts.

There is 1 question to complete.