Noah Is Building a Birdhouse with His Mom

Multiple Choice

Noah is building a birdhouse with his mom. She has cut the pieces of wood for him, then showed him how to hold them so he could nail them together. Noah then tries nailing them together by himself, working quietly for a half an hour. At last he thinks the birdhouse is finished. When he picks it up, the roof and one of the sides falls off. Noah throws everything on the table, and says in a frustrated voice, "I'm not any good at this!" Which issue is Noah wrestling with?

A) parental discipline
B) social comparison
C) self-evaluation
D) gender typing