Across
- 3. the awareness that physical quantities do not change in amount when they are altered in appearance
- 6. knowledge of the continued existence of objects even when they are not directly perceived
- 7. an early stage in life when an organism is especially open to specific learning, emotional, or socializing experiences that occur as part of normal development and will not recur at a later stage
- 8. an involuntary grasping by an individual of anything that touches the palm. This reflex is typical of infants, but in older individuals, it may be a sign of frontal lobe damage or disease.
- 9. all forms of knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, imagining, and problem solving. Along with affect and conation, it is one of the three traditionally identified components of mind.
- 11. the emotional bond between a human infant or a young nonhuman animal and its parent figure or caregiver; it is developed as a step in establishing a feeling of security and demonstrated by calmness while in the parent’s or caregiver’s presence
- 12. condensed or abbreviated speech in which only the most central words, carrying the highest level of information, are spoken. Nouns and verbs are typically featured, whereas adjectives, adverbs, articles, and connective parts of speech are omitted.
- 14. the biological processes involved in an organism’s becoming functional or fully developed.
- 15. an automatic, unlearned response of a newborn to a gentle stimulus (e.g., the touch of a finger) applied to the corner of the mouth or to the cheek, in which the infant turns their head and makes sucking motions.
- 16. adjustment or modification. For example, regarding individuals with disabilities, it refers to reasonable accommodations made to meet their needs. In the context of bargaining and interpersonal negotiations, it refers to modification of the various parties’ demands or actions in order to achieve agreement or a mutually beneficial outcome.
Down
- 1. the process of absorbing, incorporating, or making similar. In making judgments, for example, it refers to finding similarities between the target being judged and features of the context in which it is judged. Thus, meeting a person at an enjoyable party could lead to a more positive evaluation of that person than would have been the case otherwise. The evaluation of the person has been assimilated toward the positive social context
- 2. based on use of symbols, including, but not limited to, language and images.
- 4. prior to birth: pertaining to that which exists or occurs between conception and birth.
- 5. cognition based on use of symbols, including, but not limited to, language and images.
- 10. a simple yet profound and highly effective learning process that occurs during a critical period in the life of some animals.
- 13. the tendency to emphasize one’s own needs, concerns, and outcomes rather than those of others