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 someones bet friend and as being disliked
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Conventional reasoning | Kohlbergs 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 ones 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 | Kohlbergs highest level of moral development, where morality is completely internalized
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Preconventional reasoning | Kohlbergs 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
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