Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Stage beginning around age 12 involving abstract and hypothetical thinking
  2. 8. Tendency to focus on one prominent feature while ignoring others
  3. 10. State experienced when encountering information that contradicts existing beliefs
  4. 12. Difficulty in understanding perspectives different from one's own
  5. 13. Cognitive stage covering the approximate age range of 2 to 7 years
  6. 15. Modifying an existing schema to fit new information
  7. 16. Process of thinking about one's own thinking processes
  8. 17. Mental framework used to organize and interpret information
  9. 18. Gradual changes in how individuals think, perceive, and understand the world
  10. 19. Reasoning process in the formal operational stage used to deduce conclusions
  11. 20. Understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance
Down
  1. 1. Stage from 7 to 11 years characterized by logical thinking about concrete objects
  2. 3. Process of achieving cognitive balance between existing knowledge and new experiences
  3. 4. Incorporating new information into an existing schema
  4. 5. Stage from birth to approximately two years of age
  5. 6. Arranging objects according to a dimension such as size
  6. 7. Understanding that an object continues to exist even when hidden
  7. 9. Term Piaget used to describe active, learning children testing ideas
  8. 11. Understanding that an operation or action can be mentally undone
  9. 14. Preoperational characteristic involving acquisition of vocabulary and grammar