Introduction to Lifespan Psychology

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Across
  1. 3. A mental idea about what something is and how to deal with it.
  2. 5. The process of taking new information and fitting it into existing schemas.
  3. 7. The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and experience.
  4. 8. An example of Continuous Development (Gradual).
  5. 10. Guidance given to assist the learner when working in their ZPD
  6. 14. The study of development from birth until death.
  7. 15. A relationship between two people in which each person feels strongly about the other.
  8. 16. The environmental variables
  9. 17. A Soviet psychologist who theorised the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
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  1. 1. Our personal judgement of our self worth
  2. 2. famous theory of Cognitive Development (1920s)
  3. 4. The earliest form of communication (from a baby)
  4. 6. Periods in Development from birth – Two.
  5. 7. An example of Discontinuous Development.
  6. 9. One of the four main types of development.
  7. 11. The genes and hereditary factors
  8. 12. Compares the abilities of a child when working independently to what they are able to do when supervised and assisted by an adult or more capable peers
  9. 13. When we cannot change the information in any way to link it to what we already know
  10. 14. Research Method where researcher gathers information from a sample of participants across different points in time.