LATENCY STAGE/ SCHOOL AGE  Deductive Reasoning- applying

general to specific situation

Freud: Latency Stage
E.g. Getting sick after playing in
Erikson: Industry v.s. Inferiority the rain, so whenever you get wet
Piaget: Concrete Operational Stage from the rain you’ll get sick.
Kohlberg: Conventional Stage of Moral
 Good concentration and logical
Development thinking is now present
 Stage 5 (7-9 yo): Good  Realistic sense of time
Boy/ Nice Girl  Children can now anticipate
 Stage 6 (9-12 yo): I don’t problems, situations as a
want to break any rules consequence to their action.
BIOLOGICAL MATURATION  Mutual Perspective Thinking- can
see both sides of an argument
 Higher cortical function is more  Reversibilty of Process
prominent E.g. water ice water
 Increased attention and focus Friendship fight friendship (if
 Increased self- regulation (toilet you ask for forgiveness of course)
trained)  Conservation of Area- same area is
 Child has discipline (obey elders, sit occupied
still in class)  Conservation of Volume:
 Improved motor coordination ability
(can now join sports)

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Gross Motor
 Better balance and motor
coordination (ride a bicycle w/o
training wheels)
 Better bladder control (no more
bedwetting and pooping in shorts)
Fine Motor
 Write in script legibly and draw much
better
 Can sew or knit
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
 Children now ask WHY and
understand the reason/ explanation
to their question
 Can count more than 100
 Understand fractions and metaphors
Cognitive
 Concrete Operational Stage
 Children can now understand
multiple classification and series
 Can now categorize
*this is why children at this stage enjoy
collecting things like insects, leaves, stones
 Conservation of Mass- clay molded
to a long snake vs same clay molded
into ball
 Conservation of Length- equal
length, different presentation
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 Separation of aggressive and sexual
impulse (Freud)
 Children are at their best behavior
and best performance academically
 Focus all energy to studying/ extra-
curricular activities
 Industry vs Inferiority (Erikson)
Industry
 Pleasure of work
 Completion of work by spending
attention and persevering
diligence
 Having fun while learning even
when mistakes were committed
 Learning from mistakes of others
Inferiority
 No self- esteem
 If a child has low self-esteem
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and always feels bad about

etc…
himself, he/she may regress and
refuse to go to school.
  May become aggressive
 May bully other children
 May become depressed
*most bully suffer from low self-esteem and
depression.
 If Ind vs Inf is resolved properly, child
will develop confidence and
motivation.
How do parents help child gain
confidence?
 Good attitude = appreciation
 Bad attitude = encourage to do
better
 Better self-regulation and control of
emotions
 Empathize with other people
 Increased sensitivity to emotion of
others
 Recognize conflicting feelings
 Relate actions to personality and
feelings
 More independent and more
dependable
 Can now do household chores
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 Understand multiple roles (as
daughter, as sibling, as student etc.)
 Children will now have a bestfriend
of the same sex
 Same sex crushes (not really gay
because this could be somebody
they admire and copy)
 Form club or organization with
initiation rite & rituals (clique)
 May assume leadership roles in their
cliques
 Develop hobbies
 Enjoy and organize games (street
games)
 Enjoy toilet humor (common subjects
are kulangot, utot, ihi and many
more)
 Focus on physical appearance
 Gets conscious when teased by
others (mostly girls)
 Boys are very insensitive at this
stage
MORAL DEVELOPMENT
Good Boy/ Nice Girl (Stage 5)
 Soldier in the War Personality- follow
what authority figure orders whether
right or wrong
 Absolute Authority- no arguing or
disobeying of the authority figure
 Follow rule to gain adult approval
I Don’t Want To Break Any Rule
(Substage 6)
 Wider sense of right and wrong
 Will not just obey but will assess if
it’s right or wrong
 School rules are more important than
house rules because more people
follow it
 Internalization of do’s and don’ts
(rules are imbibed and observed
even without the parents)
 Identify self with super heroes
 Can now recognize parents’
hypocrisy
 Understand that intention of action is
important (action is worse if it comes
from a bad intention)
E.g. Accidentally breaking 100
plates and breaking a plate on
purpose
 Children now have sense of fairness
and justice
 More considerate of the needs and
concern of other people
ISSUES IN LATENCY STAGE
 Sexual development
 Difference in brain morphology
 Correlation with social development
is not yet established (culture-
bound)
 Boys become more physically
aggressive because of testosterone
 Girls respond to expectation and
opinions more than boys
Dreams
 1 yo- perceived as true
 3 yo- shared by more than 1
person
 4 yo- animals/ person (protect of
destroy
- Nightmares
 5 yo- perceived as unreal
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 6 yo- Castration Anxiety
 7 yo- create own dream
 *at age 3, 6 and 7 nightmares are
normal

PARENTING
 Provide opportunities for learning
and new experiences
 Provide activities for channeling
aggressive and sexual behavior
 Encourage hobbies and develop
skills
 Explore other talents and skills
 Simple choices and decision making
should be given to the kids
 Encourage them to try out new
things
 Consider the child’s opinion (what to
wear, what shoes to buy)
 Be truthful and realistic in explaining
things
 Parents should be the best example
to their children
 Start discussing about physical
changes and sexuality

FILIPINO ISSUES
 Very output oriented (Scholastic
grades are everything. True?)
 Over- involved parents
 Parents defending own child even if
the child is wrong
 Bribery by parents to protect child

*if issues in latency stage are

unresolved, the person may have
Obsessive-Compulsive traits, be
disobedient, be aggressive, may
physically or sexually abuse other
children and may have eating disorders.
~fin~

Grades will not determine your success in

life but your attitude towards life
during failure and success.
-Genuino, 2011
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