Across
- 2. Idea that behavior, personal factors, and environment all influence one another.
- 8. Psychologist who expanded Freud’s ideas into eight stages of psychosocial development.
- 11. Founder of psychoanalytic theory who emphasized unconscious drives and early childhood.
- 14. view that development is a gradual, cumulative process with no clear stages.
- 15. Concept meaning “blank slate,” used to describe the newborn mind.
- 17. Theory that cognitive development occurs through social interaction and cultural tools.
- 18. Philosopher who believed children develop naturally in stages and should learn through experience.
- 19. Psychologist who emphasized the role of culture and social interaction in learning.
- 20. Developmental conflicts that must be resolved at each stage in Erikson’s theory.
Down
- 1. Theory that focuses on observable behavior and the effects of learning and reinforcement.
- 3. Theory describing development as influenced by multiple interacting environmental systems.
- 4. Theorist who proposed that children actively construct knowledge through stages.
- 5. Early belief that humans develop from a tiny, fully formed version of themselves.
- 6. Theory that development occurs in distinct stages rather than as a smooth, gradual process.
- 7. Approach that compares the human mind to a computer that processes information.
- 9. Theorist known for emphasizing biological maturation in child development.
- 10. Approach that focuses on how thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving develop.
- 12. Theory stating that people learn by observing others, especially role models.
- 13. Theory proposing that personality develops through social conflicts across the lifespan.
- 16. Philosopher who argued that children are shaped by experience rather than innate ideas.