SU 6

Physical developement

Gradual growth
Brain almost adult size
perm teeth
vision well developed

Motor skills
Increased str,coordination and muscle cont
Balance imp
boys develope faster than girls

Cognitive developement
piaget: concrete operational theory:characterized by logical operations, such as
conservation,
reversibility or classification, allowing logical reasoning.
Use mental operations for problem soliving and reasoniing
reversibility
hierarchies of classes
conservation task
horisontal decalage
decentering
Limited to tangible and real (here and now)

Language development
Complex sentence construction
increase in grammatical forms
vocab
sarcasm
Irony
adapt language to socaial context
language style
correct others language
bilingualism
Multilingualism

Achievement motivation & Learning

Orientation
Achievement motivation
Complex interaction between their beliefs and their psychological goals
Attributions focus on 5 factors: ability , effort, luck, task difficulty and
strategy use

Mastery & Helpless Orientation

Successful:
• Mastery orientation
• Incremental view of ability
• Focus on learning goals
• High in achievement motivation
because achieving success in
challenging tasks validates their
belief in their ability

Unsuccessful:
• Helpless orientation
• Hold an entity view of ability
• Focus on performance goals