| A | B |
|---|
| Autonomy | independent and sense of self |
| Cephalocaudal | growing and developing from head to toes |
| Compensation | allows a person to make up for deficiencies in one area by excelling in another |
| Conversion | converting unconscious feelings into a physical symptom with no organic reason |
| Defense mechanism | techniques that help individuals cope with threat of anxiety |
| Denial | mechanism used when given unbearable news |
| Development | refers to ability to acquire skills and capacity to function |
| Displacement | when a person transfers feelings towards a person or object to another |
| Ego | also known as the executive of the mind |
| Ego integrity | a period of self satisfaction that occurs during old age |
| Electra complex | a young girls sexual attraction toward her father and unconscious wish to replace the mother |
| Growth | increasing in body size |
| Heredity | all characteristics that are transmitted through genes and determined |
| Id | the bodys basic primitive |
| Identification | when one takes on the personality traits of another person |
| Libido | sex drive |
| Maturation | unfolding of skills or potential regardless of practice or training |
| Oedipus complex | a young boys sexual attraction for his mother and unconscious with to replace the father |
| Personality | the unique behavior patterns that distinguish one person from another |
| Projection | referred to the blaming mechanism |
| Proximodistal | a directional term that refers to growth and development that progresses from the middle outward |
| Puberty | period following childhood and before adolscents in which the body prepares for changes necessary for reproduction |
| Repression | unconsciously exclude painful experiences, thoughts, or feelings from own awareness |
| Superego | dictates right from wrong |
| Conscious | the level where aware of own experiences |
| Subconscious | stores memories |
| Unconscious | mind is closed to own awareness |
| Rationalization | used to justify or excuse undesirable actions or feelings |
| Oral Stage | lasts from birth to end of first year of life |
| Anal Stage | Last from end of first year to third year |
| Phallic Stage | lasts from age 3 to age 6 |
| Latency Stage | lasts from age 6 to 12 |
| Genital Stage | begins with onset of puberty |
