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Below are the key terms featured in this chapter. The textbook's full glossary is also available for online searching.
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| Altruism | Unselfish interest in helping others |
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| Androgyny | The presence of desirable masculine and feminine characteristics in the same individual |
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| Bilingual education | Teaching academic subjects in a child's native language, gradually adding English |
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| Boundary ambiguity | The uncertainty in families about who is in or out of the family |
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| Care perspective | Gilligan's perspective; views people in terms of connectedness with others |
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| Controversial children | Children who are frequently nominated both as someone’s bet friend and as being disliked |
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| Conventional reasoning | Kohlberg’s intermediate level of moral development where individuals abide by the standards of others, such as parents or society |
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| Emotional intelligence | A form of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions |
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| Gender stereotypes | Broad categories that reflect our impressions and beliefs about males and females |
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| Inclusion | Educating a child with special education needs full time in the regular classroom |
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| Internalization | The change from externally controlled behaviour to behaviour controlled by internal standards and principles |
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| Intimacy in friendships | Self-disclosure and the sharing of private thoughts |
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| Justice perspective | A moral perspective that focuses on the rights of the individual, where individuals independently make moral decisions |
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| Neglected children | Children who are infrequently nominated as a best friend but are not disliked by their peers |
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| Popular children | Children who are frequently nominated as a best friend and rarely disliked by their peers |
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| Postconventional reasoning | Kohlberg’s highest level of moral development, where morality is completely internalized |
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| Preconventional reasoning | Kohlberg’s lowest level of moral development where the individual shows no internalization of moral values |
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| Rejected children | Children who are infrequently nominated as a best friend and are actively disliked by their peers |
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| Relational aggression | Trying to make others dislike a child by spreading malicious rumours or ignoring the child |
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| Self-concept | Domain-specific evaluations of the self |
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| Self-esteem | The global evaluative dimension of the self |