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Development & Attachment

Development is about how our abilities, understanding, and relationships change as we grow. Attachment research looks more closely at our bonds with the people we depend on and how we respond to closeness, separation, and support.

This section covers attachment styles, stages of cognitive development, and the role other people play in learning. The zone of proximal development, for example, is the gap between what someone can do alone and what they can do with help.