Dr. Newsome has to describe the operational definition of birth order and SHYNESS.
Before a scientist can carry out an experiment, he must identify all his variables and each of these variable must have an operational definition. Operational definition refers to the application of operations that will be used to define each variable.
The correct answer to this question is "adult life cycle." The stages that an individual goes through based on age, financial needs, and family situation is called the adult life cycle. It has to be taken into account the needs and the future plans when adulting comes.