Across
- 2. Innate traits that influence how one interacts with their environment
- 4. Structure created when a sperm and egg merge at conception
- 6. Development as a result of genes and biology
- 14. Development as a result of our environment and culture
- 16. Idea that something still exists even if it is out of sight
- 17. Piaget's stage where children learn to use symbols and language
- 18. Change a schema by adding new information, similar to what is known
- 20. An agent that causes damage to the embryo or fetus
- 21. Time during fetal development when specific parts or organs develop
Down
- 1. Age-related averages determining the approximate ages children should be able to do certain tasks
- 3. Idea that even if you change the appearance of something, it stays the same as long as something isn't added or removed
- 5. View that development happens in stages at specific times or ages
- 7. Child's difficulty in seeing things from other people's perspective
- 8. Changing a schema to add new information, different from what is known
- 9. Idea that things can be changed but then returned to their original form
- 10. View of development as a cumulative process, gradually improving on existing skills
- 11. Inborn automatic responses to stimuli
- 12. At this stage of prenatal development, the embryo starts to resemble a human
- 13. helps us organize and interpret information
- 15. What a zygote is called once it implants in the uterus lining
- 19. Piaget's state in which children learn about their world through their senses and motor behavior