Across
- 4. This researcher conducted studies showing that infants understand object permanence earlier than Piaget believed
- 5. The discovery of mirror neurons challenges the traditional view of how humans process social information, which was thought to be entirely cognitive
- 8. Piaget’s stage where infants explore the world through sensory input and motor responses
- 9. Stage of Piaget's cognitive development where children learn to use symbols
- 14. The ability to understand the perspective of others
- 18. The role of mirror neurons in social behaviour has been studied in this type of disorder
- 20. Piaget’s theory emphasizes this type of reasoning in the sensorimotor stage
- 22. Mirror neurons were first discovered in this species of animal
Down
- 1. Vygotsky’s term for the tools and strategies used by children to facilitate learning
- 2. Theory of mind typically develops around this age in children
- 3. Piaget’s term for the ability to recognize that quantities remain the same despite changes in shape
- 6. Selman’s stage where children begin to understand that others can have different perspectives
- 7. The ability to think about abstract concepts like justice
- 10. Vygotsky believed this played a critical role in cognitive development
- 11. Process of adding new information to existing schemas
- 12. Vygotsky’s term for the gap between what a child can do alone and what they can do with help
- 13. pattern of cognitive development in which children solve problems using mental models
- 15. The task used to test theory of mind, involving false beliefs
- 16. A child’s understanding of their own and others’ mental states
- 17. The stage of development in which children can think logically about concrete events
- 19. Baillargeon’s studies involve using this type of visual technique to test infant cognition
- 21. Mirror neurons are thought to play a key role in understanding and imitating these