Industry Versus Inferiority
The fourth of Erikson's eight psychosocial crises, during which children attempt to master many skills, developing a sense of themselves as either industries or inferior, competent or incompetent
Latency
Freud's term for middle childhood, during which children's emotional drives and psychosexual needs are quiet.
-Freud thought that sexual conflicts from earlier stages are only temporarily submerged, bursting forth again at puberty
Social Comparison
The tendency to assess one's abilities achievements, social status, and other attributes by measuring them against those of other people, especially one's peers
Resilience
The capacity to adapt well to significant adversity and to overcome serious stress
Family Structure
The legal and genetic relationships among relatives living in the same home
-includes nuclear family, extended family, stepfamily, and so on
Family Function
The way a family works to meet the needs of its members.
-Children need families to provide basic material necessities to encourage learning, to help them develop self-respect, to nurture friendships, and to foster harmony and stability
Nuclear Family
A family that consists of a father, a mother, and their biological children under 18
Polygamous Family
A family consisting of one man, several wives, and their children
Child Culture
The particular habits, styles, and values that reflect the set of rules and rituals the characterize children as distance from adult society
Aggressive-rejected
Rejected by peers because of antagonistic, confrontational behavior
Withdrawn-rejected
Rejected by peers because of timid withdrawn, and anxious behavior
Bullying
Repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal, or social attack on a weaker person
Preconventional Moral Reasoning
Kohlberg's first level or moral reasoning, emphasizing rewards and punishments
Conventional Moral Reasoning
Kohlberg's second level of moral reasoning, emphasizing social rules
Postconventional Moral Reasoning
Kohlberg's third level of moral reasoning, emphasizing moral principles