Intellectual Development during Late childhood Intelligence is a complex accumulation of knowledge, abilities and skills acquired as the individual meets, cope, and interacts with his environment. Jean piaget viewed intelligence as a process, an assimilating activity brought about by the individual’s interactions with his environment.
Keys to rearing successful children. 1. Stimulate your child’s interest. 2. Build your child esteem. 3. Teach your child effective social skills. 4. Control the use of television. 5. Strengthen your child’s conscience 6. Teach your child to show love, express affection, and develop helthy attitudes toward sexuality. 7. Live in a good neighborhood. 8. Set reasonable work ang behavior standards backed by appropriate discipline. 9. Teach your child skills and competencies. Social Development during late childhood. According to Mead to self emerges in the process of socialization – a process of social interaction and social activity mediated by language. 1. The generalized others
Children are able to respond to a number of individuals in the group and integrate the various roles or set of norms of the group. Around the age of 8 or 9, children engage in games where they are able to take the attitudes and responses of others in