| autonomous morality | Belief that rules and laws are created by people and that, in judging an action, one should consider the actor's intentions as well as the consequences
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| gender identity | Sense of being male or female, which most children acquire by the age of 3 years
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| gender role | Set of expectations that prescribes how females and males should think, act, and feel
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| heteronomous morality | Belief that justice and rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of people
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| indulgent parenting | Style of parenting in which parents are highly involved with their children but place few demands or controls on them
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| moral development | Development that involves thoughts, feelings, and actions regarding rules and conventions about what people should do in their interactions with other people
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| neglectful parenting | Style of parenting in which parents are uninvolved in the child's life and place few demands or controls on them
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| practice play | Play that involves repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned or when physical or mental mastery and coordination of skills are required for games or sports
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| pretense/symbolic play | Play that occurs when the child transforms the physical environment into representative objects
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| self-understanding | Child's cognitive representation of self, the substance and content of self-conceptions
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