According to Erikson,in the latency stage of psychosocial development the child's growing powers of deductive reasoning and the ability to play by rules lead to the deliberate refinement of the skills displayed in building things.

Latency Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, a period between childhood and puberty when sexual feelings are dormant and children engage in activities that develop their skills and interests.

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, moving from general to specific.