Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

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Across
  1. 1. Belief that inanimate objects have feelings
  2. 3. How we communicate effectively and appropriately with others
  3. 6. Children learn rules of grammar as they learn language but may apply these rules inappropriately at first
  4. 10. Process in which different functions become localized primarily on one side of the brain
  5. 11. Refers to the understanding that other people experience mental states that are different from our own and that their mental states guide their behavior
  6. 12. Pruning Loss of unused synapses
Down
  1. 2. Children learn to use language and how to think about the world symbolically
  2. 4. Connects the 2 hemispheres of the brain
  3. 5. The ability to recognize that aspects like quantity remain the same, even when over transformations in appearance
  4. 7. Process in which adults or capable peers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem and then setback, offering support as needed
  5. 8. Tendency of young children not to be able to take the perspective of others and believe everyone sees, thinks and feels just as they do
  6. 9. Focusing on only one aspect of a situation at a time