Chapter 20

4. how well a person adjusts to marriage and to his or her spouse
7. feelings of sadness or loneliness that accompany children's leaving home and entering adulthood
12. firm adherence to a moral code
13. ability to reason and think out abstract solutions
14. the traits related to a person's gender
16. time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adults of his or her own gender
17. love without limitation or qualification

1. a promise or a pledge
2. reproductive cells
3. the ability to experience a caring, loving relationship with another person with whom you can share your innermost feelings
5. the period from childhood to adulthood
6. able to make correct decisions about behavior when adults are not present to enforce rules
8. state at which the physical body and all its organs are fully developed
9. chemical substances that are produced in glands and help regulate many of your body's functions
10. state at which the mental and emotional capabilities of an individual are fully developed
11. critical changes that occur at all stages of life
15. the legal process of taking a child of other parents as one's own