Sets of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act, and feel

The ability to solve problems and to adapt and learn from experiences

The judgments we make about our worth and the feelings associated with those judgments

Physical changes not related to reproduction

Constructing this involves defining who you are, what you value, and the directions you choose to pursue in life.

In this type of play, a child may play near other children with similar materials

These are the deliberate mental activities we use to store and retain information (i.e. rehearsal, organization, elaboration)

Children make judgments of their own appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others

An eating disorder where people restrict their eating, have a fear of getting fat and a distorted body image

These secrete antibodies into the bloodstream that multiply, capture foreign substances, and permit the blood system to destroy them.

During this Erikson stage children are eager to tackle new tasks and have a sense of purpose

Individuals with this have a sever impairment in their ability to read and spell.

According to Erikson, the psychological conflict of middle childhood

This is an inflated opinion of own importance—the feeling of being special and unique

Viewing all knowledge as embedded in a framework of thought

This idea of self consists of attributes, abilities, attitudes and values that an individual believes define them

When teaching a child to read, these two approaches are general used.

This broad self-evaluation of the self correlates strongly with overall self-worth

The area of the brain that thickens to process information more effectively

In this vocational development period we think about careers in more complex ways - usually in terms of interests then abilities

The child rearing style that is warm and accepting but uninvolved.

The ability to order items along a quantitative dimension (such as length

These school age children credit their success to ability and failures to controllable factors

Adolescence develop the capacity for abstract, systematic scientific thinking in this stage

Piaget stressed that young adults are more quantitatively advanced in their thinking than adolescents because