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adolescence
Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult. -
adult
An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions. -
attachment disorder
an emotional and behavioral disorder arising from a failure to form a strong bond with one’s primary caregiver in early childhood and affecting one’s social relationships in later childhood and adulthood. See also attachment (def 3a). -
attachment theory
a set of concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child’s behavioral and emotional development into adulthood. See also attachment (def 3a). -
cognitive development
the process of acquiring intelligence and increasingly advanced thought and problem-solving ability from infancy to adulthood. -