Across
- 3. The unborn offspring of a human or mammal developing in the uterus from the 9th week after fertilization until birth
- 5. The ability to synchronize body movements combining direction
- 7. The 38 to 40 week process of single cell zygote maturing into a fetus through three stages germinal, embryonic, and fetal.
- 10. The natural progressive process of acquiring communication skills
- 14. Quantitative, physical, and biological changes that can be measured.
- 15. The innate, biologically based behavioral style that dictates how a child interacts with the world.
- 17. The learned abilities to control and coordinate body movements
- 19. A positive, proactive approach to teaching children self control, responsibility and social skills.
- 20. A gradual process that begins in fancy through emotional mirroring and matures into cognitive perspective.
- 21. The long-term, progressive changes in thinking, memory, language and reasoning processes
- 22. The early stage of human development from implantation in the uterus (around week 3 of pregnancy) until the end of week 8
- 25. The movement and coordination of large muscle groups.
- 28. The mental picture children build of themselves including their traits, abilities and attiudes.
- 29. The lifelong process of learning norms, values, and behaviors essential for functioning in society
Down
- 1. The cognitive understanding that objects, people and places continue to exist.
- 2. Failure to meet a child's basic physical or emotional needs.
- 4. Any environmental agent such as a virus, drug, chemical or radiation that causes damage
- 6. Involuntary, automatic motor responses to stimulation controlled by the central nervous system
- 7. Categorized approaches to raising children.
- 8. Qualitative,functional improvements in skills, behavior, and cognition
- 9. A deep, lasting emotional bond between a infant and their primary caregiver
- 11. A 3 month (12-14 week) division of pregnancy used to trace significant fetal development and maternal changes
- 12. The process of using the senses to gather, organize and interpret information about the environment
- 13. The initial, single cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg, marking the start of a new, genetically unique organism
- 16. The coordination of small muscles in the hands
- 18. The comprehensive range of external, physical, social, and cultural experiences and surroundings where a child lives and grows
- 23. The biological process of transmitting physical,intellectual and personality traits from parents to children
- 24. Functional skills or behaviors such as crawling, smiling or talking that most children (75% or more) can do by a certain age
- 26. The ability to focus on a specific activity or task for a sustained period
- 27. The genetically programmed, sequential, and biological unfolding of physical and behavioral change