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| archetypes | predetermined patterns if gynab development, which according to Carl Jung, replace instinctive behavior of other animals; prototype |
| cephalocaudal | pattern of growth of the child that follows an orderly pattern, starting with the head and moving downward |
| cognitive development | progressive change in the intellectual process, including perception, memory, and judgment |
| development | progressive change in the child's maturation |
| developmental tasks | basic achievements associated with each stage of development. Basic tasks must be mastered to move on to the next developmental stage. To achieve maturity, a person must successfully complete developmental tasks at each stage |
| ego | a psychoanalytic theory, the conscious self that controls the pleasure principle of the id by delaying the instincts until an appropriate time |
| egocentric | concerned only with one's own activities or needs; unable to put oneself in another place or to see another's point of view |
| growth | result of cell division and marked by an increase in size and weight; physical increase in body size and appearance caused by increasing numbers of new cells |
| id | in psychoanalytic theory, part of the personality that controls physical needs and instincts of the body; dominated by the pleasure principle |
| latchkey child | child who comes home to an empty house after school each day because caregivers are at work |
| libido | sexual drive |
| maturation | completed growth and development |
| proximodistal | pattern of growth in which growth starts in the center and progresses toward the periphery or outside |
| sublimation | process of directing a desire or impulse into more acceptable behaviors |
| superego | in psychoanalytic theory, the conscience or parental value system; acts primarily as a monitor over the ego |
| temperament | the combination of all of an individual's characteristics, the way the person thinks, behaves, and reacts |
