Four-year-old Regis is learning to tie his own shoes. To help keep him on task, he talks to himself. For instance, he says, "First you make a knot. Then you make a loop." Regis' use of self talk is called

What characteristic in a large Finnish study was the greatest predictor of childhood obesity?

A. Eating breakfast every morning B. Low socioeconomic status C. Watching cartoons before school D. Having an obese parent

Which result does not represent a common research finding concerning the concept of gender

identity? A) Androgny appears to be associated with good outcomes during adolescence, but not during childhood. B) Early adolescents are more likely to endorse masculine and feminine items that are consistent with their own sex than older adolescents. C) Gender identity measures may be biased, because they contain items associated with social desirability, such as "greedy" or "whiny". D) There is not an effective way to assess gender identity in young children.