Unit 3 AP PSYCH

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Across
  1. 3. all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
  2. 6. agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
  3. 9. a behavioral test developed by Mary Ainsworth that is used to determine a child's attachment style
  4. 11. fertilized egg
  5. 12. a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
  6. 15. adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
  7. 16. the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight
  8. 18. interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
  9. 19. in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
  10. 20. in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
Down
  1. 1. according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
  2. 2. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
  3. 4. the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life
  4. 5. all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
  5. 7. a relationship in which an infant obtains both comfort and confidence from the presence of his or her caregiver
  6. 8. biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
  7. 10. a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
  8. 13. an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
  9. 14. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
  10. 17. the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month