Erikson’s fourth psychosocial stage of development might be summarized by the expression “striving for competence.” In Erikson’s terminology, competence is another term for ________.

Cognitive skills tied to the maturation of the prefrontal cortex and used to regulate behavior are ________.

During middle childhood, in a single year children grow an average of

___________ are frightening dreams that awaken a dreamer from REM sleep.  ________ involve sudden arousal from sleep and an intense physiological fear reaction (e.g., screaming, heavy breathing, and perspiration).

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder in which individuals ____________.

Organisms learn the association between a behavior and a consequence in _____________.

According to Freud, the ____________  content is the surface content of the dream, containing dream symbols that disguise the dream’s true meaning.

According to Freud, what is true of the manifest content of a dream?

Problems regulating dopamine are associated with ______________.

At the preconventional level of moral development, individuals decide right and wrong based on _____________.