Infant & Child Development Crossword Puzzle

4. prior to birth: pertaining to that which exists or occurs between conception and birth.
6. all forms of knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, imagining, and problem solving.
9. reflex an automatic, unlearned response of a newborn to a gentle stimulus (e.g., the touch of a finger) applied to the corner of the mouth or to the cheek, in which the infant turns their head and makes sucking motions.
10. the emotional bond between a human infant or a young nonhuman animal and its parent figure or caregiver; it is developed as a step in establishing a feeling of security and demonstrated by calmness while in the parent’s or caregiver’s presence.
12. knowledge of the continued existence of objects even when they are not directly perceived. According to Jean Piaget, object permanence develops gradually in infants during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
13. reflex an involuntary grasping by an individual of anything that touches the palm. This reflex is typical of infants, but in older individuals, it may be a sign of frontal lobe damage or disease.
14. the speech of children roughly between the ages of 18 and 30 months. This is usually in the form of two-word expressions up to the age of about 24 months
15. the biological processes involved in an organism’s becoming functional or fully developed.

1. the process of absorbing, incorporating, or making similar. In making judgments, for example, it refers to finding similarities between the target being judged and features of the context in which it is judged.
2. adjustment or modification. For example, regarding individuals with disabilities, it refers to reasonable accommodations made to meet their needs.
3. a simple yet profound and highly effective learning process that occurs during a critical period in the life of some animals. It was first described in 1873 by British naturalist Douglas A. Spalding (1840–1877) when he observed that newly hatched chicks tended to follow the first moving object, human or animal, that caught their attention.
5. cognition based on use of symbols, including, but not limited to, language and images.
7. an early stage in life when an organism is especially open to specific learning, emotional, or socializing experiences that occur as part of normal development and will not recur at a later stage.
8. the tendency to emphasize one’s own needs, concerns, and outcomes rather than those of others.
11. the awareness that physical quantities do not change in amount when they are altered in appearance, such as when water is poured from a wide, short beaker into a thin, tall one. According to Piagetian theory, children become capable of this mental operation in the concrete operational stage.