Nick decides to join Boy Scouts. He likes the structure scouts provide of being told how to act and the way that people give him positive reinforcement for being a Boy Scout. He wants others to see him as a good person, especially his parents and teachers. Which stage in Kohlberg’s theory is Nick in?

Children with low self-esteem tend to emphasize their weaknesses and downplay their ______.

At about 10 years of age children begin feeling a sense of sexual attraction due to increases in ______.

Natural childbirth is an approach to birth that reduces pain through the use of ______.

Research that showed young children had structural brain changes over a period of 15 months after exposure to activities to build music and auditory skills illustrates which concept?

Glial cells are important for brain development because they ______.

Which condition is a serious health problem facing many children today?

Cognitively, peer evaluations are important sources of ______.

Effective scaffolding works within which concept?

IQ tests have been shown to have low validity in predicting school achievement, how long a child will stay in school, and career attainment in adulthood.