Learner Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 12. theory that behaviors can be associated with responses.
  2. 14. Development of small muscles in the body like hands and wrists.
  3. 15. is the skillful use of the hands and fingers.
  4. 17. the ability to think about thinking.
  5. 19. skills used to solve problems, including assessing problems, setting goals, developing a plan to meet goals, and implementing and evaluating solutions.
  6. 21. the ability to understand that relationships between two objects can extend to a third object.
  7. 23. all of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge.
  8. 24. theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced.
  9. 26. the physical transformation from a child to an adult capable of reproduction.
Down
  1. 1. theory based on the belief that individuals’ behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control.
  2. 2. focused on explaining how people think.
  3. 3. focused on explaining development of personality.
  4. 4. the ability to sort items by one or more characteristics they have in common.
  5. 5. The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.
  6. 6. Advances in physical abilities.
  7. 7. is a person’s own assessment of himself or herself based on an evaluation of personal abilities, successes, failures, and comments from other people.
  8. 8. the ability to move the hands precisely to coordinate with what the eyes see.
  9. 9. Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings.
  10. 10. the ability to match body movements to coordinate with what is seen.
  11. 11. the ability to place objects in order by a characteristic, such as smallest to largest.
  12. 13. Heredity vs Environment
  13. 16. The gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime.
  14. 18. being able to bounce back after a defeat or setback.
  15. 20. comprehensive explanations, based on research, about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.
  16. 22. Refers to physical changes in size.
  17. 25. development of larger muscles in the body like legs, hips, back, arms.