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SOCIAL
- Ability to handle more responsibility
- More time with peers, who have greater influence on behaviors
- Less time with parents and adults
- Some interest in girls
- May test some rules
- May thrive on positive reinforcement (as opposed to punishment)
- Peer group influences may negatively modify school performance
- Good perspective taking ability
- Increased interest in popularity
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EMOTIONAL
- Some moodiness becomes apparent (partially as a result of rapid
biological changes)
- More understanding of moral behaviors in society
- Good understanding of "right" and "wrong,"
based on view that others can have differing viewpoints
- Strong sense of self
- Sexual drive starts to increase and influence behaviors
- More interest in deviating from adult norms
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COGNITIVE
- Vastly improved memory strategies
- Improved ability to think abstractly
- Uses mnemonic devices
- Reads with fluency and uses books to find solutions to problems
- Much more complex problem solving ability
- Improved cognitive ability as a result of biological and social
changes
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LANGUAGE
- Language development continues
- May show interest in learning a second language
- Increased ability to carry on adult level conversations with
ease
- Abstract reasoning allows such behaviors as computer programming
- Increasingly uneven performance on tasks; better performance
on tasks that are meaningful and relevant
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FINE MOTOR
- May type most things
- Fine motor skills nearly at adult level
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GROSS MOTOR
- Engages in less rough and tumble play
- More team oriented sports or activities
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