Advances in this part of the brain is linked to a child's improved attention, reasoning, and cognitive control

According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial stage that characterizes early childhood is this

The ability to focus on certain stimuli and exclude others

This learning disability is characterized by unusual difficulty with reading?

The process through which axons become coated with a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses is called

The ability to control one’s own emotional responses

This refers to domain-specific evaluations of the self.

The logical principle that objects can be grouped according to some characteristic that they share

The ability to organize sticks in a row from largest in size to smallest

This parenting style is characterized by high parent-to-child communication, low warmth, and high expectations of maturity.

The belief that one can master a situation and produce favorable outcomes.

On average, children grow this many inches and gain this many pounds per year during middle childhood.

This is the inability to distinguish between one’s own perspective and someone else’s perspective

This involves a sense of one’s own gender, including knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of being male or female.

This level of moral reasoning includes recognizing alternative moral courses, exploring options then deciding on a personal moral code

The component of the information-processing system in which current, conscious mental activity occurs

The range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master alone but that can be learned with guidance and assistance of adults or more-skilled children.

Play that mimics aggression through wrestling, chasing, or grabbing, but is not intended to harm is called this

A child who is frequently nominated both as someone's best friend and as being disliked

This type of thinking generally results in one correct answer as opposed to many