Across
- 3. Type of thinking based on making a logical conclusion based on the imagined outcome of a scenario rather than the observation of the actual scenario
- 5. Type of thinking that considers that most statements of fact are relative to the position of the observer
- 6. Feature of the personal fable where adolescents believe that they cannot be harmed or defeated
- 8. Stage of cognitive development involving sensory and motor experiences to learn about the world
- 9. Awareness that our beliefs and perspectives are different from other people’s
- 10. Cognitive ability to understand that changing the appearance of a substance does not alter its mass, number, or volume
- 13. Belief that adolescents have about their uniqueness in emotions and immortality
- 14. Process of altering an existing schema to fit new information
- 15. Permanence Ability to recognize that an object exists even when we cannot observe it
- 18. Cognitive stage in which children begin to understand basic cognitive principles and concepts such as cause and effect, relationships, size, and distance
Down
- 1. children’s tendency to have limited logical reasoning abilities because they perceive things from only their own point of view
- 2. Type of thinking that involves the systematic testing of possibilities
- 4. Process of incorporating new information into an existing schema
- 7. Stage of cognitive development in which adolescents have achieved formal adult thinking capabilities, including the ability to reason using formal logical systems and symbols
- 11. Cognitive stage in which children begin to represent their thoughts and ideas using symbols such as words and images
- 12. Distinct sense that everyone is watching, thinking and interested in oneself; a consequence of adolescent egocentrism
- 16. Tendency for children to focus on one characteristic of an object or situation at a time
- 17. Mental framework used to organize and interpret information