KEY TERMS:
Behaviour- A stereotyped motor response to an internal or external stimulus.
Character- An individual's set of emotional, cognitive, and behavioural patterns learned and accumulated over time.
Cognition- The act or process of knowing or perceiving.
Cognitive- The ability (or lack of) to think, learn, and memorize.
Gene- A building block of inheritance, which contains the instructions for the production of a particular protein, and is made up of a molecular sequence found on a section of DNA. Each gene is found on a precise location on a chromosome.
Identity- The condition of being the same with, or possessing, a character that is well described, asserted, or defined.
Maturity- A state of full development or completed growth.
Personality- The organized pattern of behaviours and attitudes that makes a human being distinctive. Personality is formed by the ongoing interaction of temperament, character, and environment.
Socialization- The process by which new members of a social group are integrated in the group.
Temperament- A person's natural disposition or inborn combination of mental and emotional traits.