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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?

How many adolescents engage in at least one delinquent, or illegal, act, such as stealing, without coming into police contact?

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

Synaptic pruning occurs at a much slower rate during adolescence as compared with childhood and adulthood.

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 ______.

Glial cells are important for brain development because they ______.

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?

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

Cognitively, peer evaluations are important sources of ______.