An individual’s ability to focus effort on a goal in pursuit of an external reward.

An individual’s ability to develop unique ideas or combine ideas to in a new or different way to solve problems or develop new forms.

Self-assurance in one’s capabilities.

One’s belief that they can think and act for themselves and control outcomes in their own lives.

The ability of a child to change or adapt in response to new people or circumstances in their lives.

An action, object or occurrence that sets off an emotional response in an individual.

The beliefs one individual creates to understand and make predictions about other people’s knowledge, beliefs, and actions based on observation and extrapolation. One’s perceptiveness of the mental state of another.

Electrical connections between neurons that build up as a result of experience.

The component of the autonomic nervous system that governs a person’s response to stress, triggering the flight-or-fight response – increased heart rate, the release of adrenaline, slowed digestion, pupil dilation, etc.

The point at which sensory input is recognized by an individual at a particular point in time.