1. Describe the development of self-understanding during
middle childhood and its implications for children’s self-esteem.

2. Discuss the importance of peer groups to the development
of school-age children.

3. Discuss the special problems of bullies and their
victims, and describe possible ways of helping such children.

4. Discuss the concept of resilience, and identify the
variables that influence the impact of stresses on schoolchildren.

Part 2: Answer the following three:

1. Discuss the emotional and psychological impact of
pubertal hormones. Identify several factors that influence the onset of
puberty.

2. Describe evidence of formal operational thinking during
adolescence, and provide examples of adolescents’ emerging ability to reason
deductively and inductively.

3. Describe the development of identity during adolescence.
Describe the four major identity statuses, and give an example of each.