Glossary of terms used on this site

encoding of information that takes effort and attention

aspect of personality that represents the self, or the part of one’s personality that is visible to others

preoperational child’s difficulty in taking the perspective of others

thinking about the meaning of new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory

recording the electrical activity of the brain via electrodes on the scalp

multi-cellular organism in its early stages of development

newly defined period of lifespan development from 18 years old to the mid-20s;
young people are taking longer to complete college, get a job, get married, and start a family

subjective state of being often described as feelings

ability to understand emotions and motivations in yourself and others

grounded in objective, tangible evidence that can be observed time and time again, regardless of who is observing

method for acquiring knowledge based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities

input of information into the memory system

series of glands that produce chemical substances known as hormones

physical trace of memory

study of gene-environment interactions, such as how the same genotype leads to different phenotypes