As School-Age Children Judge Their Own Appearance, Abilities, and Behavior

question 80

Multiple Choice

As school-age children judge their own appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others,

• A) their self-descriptions become more evaluative.
• B) they become less adept at incorporating the messages of others into their self-definition.
• C) their self-descriptions become more general and neutral in evaluation.
• D) their self-esteem temporarily declines.

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