The task of ERIKSON’S seventh stage of development to be achieved in middle age. It entails the ability to do creative work or be a creative parent.

Bodily movements for the purpose of communication.

In INFORMATION PROCESSING, the attempt to convert information into a form which can be stored, processed and then DECODED by the brain.

A finding based on experience or observation; the basis for experimental science.

Animal BEHAVIOUR that can only be understood by assuming that it is intended to achieve a particular goal.

The study of old age and the processes of ageing.

Technically, the name given to the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE when it can be manipulated by an experimenter. In practice, the terms are often used interchangeably.

The science of HEREDITY.

In the way psychologists use this term there is widespread agreement that it represents a complex state of diffuse physical changes, marked by strong feelings and accompanied by a behavioural impulse towards achieving a specific goal. The IDENTIFICATION and labelling of particular emotions involves a large element of social learning and varies widely across time and place.

Concerned with the processes involved in the way we recognise faces. An increasingly important area of research in COGNITION and PERCEPTION.