Unit 3 AP PSYCH
Across
- 3. all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
- 6. agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
- 9. a behavioral test developed by Mary Ainsworth that is used to determine a child's attachment style
- 11. fertilized egg
- 12. a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
- 15. adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
- 16. the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight
- 18. interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
- 19. in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
- 20. in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
Down
- 1. according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
- 2. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
- 4. the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life
- 5. all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
- 7. a relationship in which an infant obtains both comfort and confidence from the presence of his or her caregiver
- 8. biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
- 10. a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
- 13. an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
- 14. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
- 17. the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month