Across
- 3. people's ideas about their own and others' mental states - about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict
- 6. acquired disorders marked by cognitive deficits; often related to Alzheimer's disease, brain injury or disease, or substance abuse
- 10. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
- 13. biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
- 15. in Piaget's theory, the stage during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
- 16. the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
- 17. the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
- 18. 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
- 21. decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation; interest wanes and infants look away sooner
- 23. in Piaget's theory, the stage during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
- 25. the process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early life
- 26. an optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development
- 28. adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information
- 30. the fertilized egg
- 31. physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking
- 33. a period from about age 18 to the mid-twenties, when many in Western cultures are no longer adolescents by have not yet achieved full independence as adults
- 35. our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles
- 36. the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "Who am I?" that comes from our group memberships
Down
- 1. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
- 2. all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
- 4. the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines
- 5. interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
- 7. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
- 8. in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in young adulthood
- 9. an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to their caregiver and showing distress on separation
- 11. the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence
- 12. the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
- 14. agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
- 19. a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
- 20. all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
- 22. the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement
- 24. in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view
- 27. the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month
- 29. the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth
- 32. the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age
- 34. in Vygotsky's theory, a framework that offers children temporary support as they develop higher levels of thinking