Chapter 7 Middle Childhood Development

noticeable lag in an area of development

• developmental delay

• dexterity

• seriation

• executive strategies

matching body movements to what the child sees

• hand-eye coordination

• transitivity

• visual-motor coordination

• dexterity

ability to move the hands precisely in response to what the eyes see

• classification

• developmental delay

• conservation

• hand-eye coordination

skillful use of the hands and fingers

• self-concept

• dexterity

• hand-eye coordination

• transitivity

ability to understand what something can remain the same even if the way it looks changes

• conservation

• seriation

• classification

• executive strategies

person's own assessment or view of themselves

• classification

• developmental delay

• self-concept

• seriation

ability to place objects in order by a characteristic, such as smallest to largest

• dexterity

• developmental delay

• visual-motor coordination

• seriation

ability to sort items by one or more characteristics they have in common

• self-concept

• executive strategies

• seriation

• classification

ability to understand that relationships between two objects can extend to a third object

• transitivity

• conservation

• dexterity

• seriation

skills used to solve problems

• classification

• visual-motor coordination

• hand-eye coordination

• executive strategies