IN THE MIDST OF NEW INFORMATION, the early experienceoriented genetic psychology of psychoanalysis has been undergoing some vigorous challenges. Data from early developmental research have challenged long-held assumptions about continuities from infancy. In addition, data from psychoanalytic clinical experience have challenged long-held assumptions about viridicality in genetic reconstructions. (Indeed, some theoreticians have insisted that we eliminate all reference to genetic "reconstructions" and refer only to "constructions" and, correspondingly, to "historical truth" instead of "actual truth.") Still another challenge now comes from an emergent subfield of psychology, which deals with adult development. Sometimes known as "lifespan psychology," this discipline has