Chapter 8 Vocabulary

the process of receiving or taking approval

Period of development from 12 to 18 years of age (teenage years)

a warm or tender feeling toward another

progressive, irreversible disease involving memory loss, disorientation, and deterioration of intellectual function

mad

psychological disorder involving loss of appetite and excessive weight loss

Hardening of the walls of arteries

process of negotiating an agreement, sale, or exchange.

Psychological condition in which a person eats excessively and then uses laxatives or vomits to get rid of the food.

psychological condition in which a person alternately eats excessively and then fasts or refuses to eat.

dependence on alcohol or drugs

intellectual activity (ex. solving problems)

something given or received as an equivalent for a loss, service, or debt;

defense mechanism of escape

physical or psychological reaction of an organism used in self-defense or to protect self- image.

refusing to believe

sadness

changes in the intellectual, mental, emotional, social, and functional skills that occur over time.

feelings about one person are transferred to soemone else

period of development from 19 to 40 years old

period of development from 1 to 6 years of old

pertaining to feelings or phsychological stage

respect

measurable physical changes that occur throughout a person’s life.