A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

Biological growth processes that enable normal changes in behavior.

The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.

A failure to develop a consistent identity.

The type of intelligence required to be successful at Jeopardy.

An emotional tie with another person.

Difficulty taking another’s point of view.

The stage from birth to 2 years of age during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensations and movements.

Issue in which teenagers test roles and form an identity or become confused about who they are.

The best parenting style, according to psychologists.

All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves.

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

The stage beginning at age 12 during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts.

Issue in which older adults feel satisfaction or failure about their lives.

The stage of morality focusing on right and wrong based on one’s values.

A person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity.

Interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas.

The stage from 2 to 6 or 7 years of age during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.

Issue in which preschoolers learn to make plans or feel guilty about being independent.

The most common attachment style occurring in about 66% of children.

Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.

Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information.

The stage from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about events.

Issue in which children learn to apply themselves or they feel inferior.

Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.