| A | B |
| ADLER | inferiority is overcome by friends, family & career |
| BAUMRIND | developed model of authoritative, authoritarian, permissive child rearing |
| ALTRUISTIC | prosocial behavior intended to benefit others |
| AUTHORITARIAN | child rearing emphasizing adult power, child obedience & duty |
| AUTHORITATIVE | child rearing emphasizing autonomy & explanations |
| PERMISSIVE | child rearing emphasizing child's liberty |
| EGOCENTRICITY | lacking the ability to take the perspective of others |
| EMPATHY | the capacity to share & comprehend another's emotional state |
| EPIGENESIS | development is influenced by interaction of heredity & environment |
| ISOLATION | if one is not successful in stage six, Erikson said the person will be plagued by |
| STAGNATION | if one is not successful in stage seven, Erikson said that the person will be plagued by |
| EXTENDED | family relations beyond the nuclear |
| KOHLBERG | adults are post-conventional & can make moral judgments based upon higher ethical principles |
| BLENDED | a reconstituted family containing a step parent |
| EGALITARIAN | non-traditional marriage; less gender determination of roles |
| GILLIGAN | Erikson's stage theory is less applicable to women |
| MENOPAUSE | the end of fertility for women |
| NEUGARTEN | theory of the social clock |
| NUCLEAR | immediate family, consisting of spouses & dependent children |
| PRE MENSTRUAL SYNDROME | condition similar to agitated depression |
| STERNBERG | love has components of passion, intimacy & commitment |