Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

An adolescent who avoids thinking about goals, roles, and values, identity achievement type.  

An adolescent who has made satisfying, self-chosen commitments relative to sex roles and occupational choice, identity diffusion type.  

Two offspring developed from one ovum. Twins who are exactly the same in appearance because they developed from the same ovum. Same-sex twins who develop from the same fertilized egg and have identical inherited traits. Monozygotic twins, commonly known as identical twins, originate from a single fertilized ovum (egg) and share identical genes.  

Typically assumed to be the weight a person achieves at the age of 22-25. The weight that corresponds to the lowest mortality rate for individuals with a particular height, gender, and age.  

A set of beliefs a person has concerning how he or she should behave and what he or she would like to be.  

The philosophy that holds that all knowledge is derived from ideas, emphasizing moral and spiritual reality.  

The state in which a person’s maximum potentialities in the physical, mental, and social spheres are realized.  

Representation of the world through mental imagery.  

A hereditary condition in which the skin does not form properly, resulting in a dry, non-inflammatory and scaly appearance. Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly, i.e., fishlike. A congenital condition, usually present at birth, in which the skin is dry, rough, and scaly because of a defect in…