psychological development
Mind's gradual unfolding
Psychological development is the process by which mental capacities, emotional responses, and personality unfold over a lifetime.
The term usually emphasizes childhood and adolescence, when changes are most dramatic: Piaget's stages of psychological development, Early trauma can affect psychological development.
Theories differ on whether development proceeds in distinct stages or continuously, and how much is shaped by biology versus environment.
- growthIncrease in size
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- terrible twosChallenging toddler developmental stage
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
Piaget · attachment · attachment theory · identity · identity crisis · adolescence · ego · inner child · cognition · emotional · emotional intelligence · Erikson · milestones · coming of age · nurture · bonding · self-awareness · personality
psychological developmentarrested development
Halted progression before completion
fixation · stunted growth · developmental delay · failure to thrive · immaturity
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