Across
- 1. The processes involving thought, intelligence, and language
- 5. The result of later experiences producing differences in development
- 6. The processes that produce changes in an individual’s physical nature
- 8. Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life
- 10. Typical or average influences that affect most individuals
- 14. Environmental experiences in development
- 17. An approach that can be used to obtain accurate information by carrying out four steps
- 19. Age based on an individual's adaptive capacities
- 20. Development involving gradual, cumulative change
Down
- 1. Age measured in years from birth
- 2. A specific assumption or prediction that can be tested
- 3. Age based on social roles and expectations
- 4. The pattern of change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span
- 7. Development involving distinct stages
- 9. The result of heredity and possibly early life experiences in development
- 11. Biological inheritance in development
- 12. The processes involving relationships, emotions, and personality
- 13. The capacity for change in development
- 15. An interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and make predictions
- 16. The perspective that emphasizes developmental change throughout adulthood as well as childhood
- 18. A group of people born at around the same time in history