Across
- 3. – Involving repeated observations of the same subjects over a long period.
- 5. – Contrary to what intuition or common sense would suggest.
- 6. – Referring to the process where nerve fibers are coated with myelin for faster signaling (used metaphorically for neurological maturity in the text).
- 8. – Not having serious purpose or value; trivial.
- 12. – A rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds.
- 13. – The act of assessing or evaluating a situation or event.
- 15. – Relating to mental processes of perception, memory, and reasoning.
- 16. – Attributing one's own human feelings to another being.
- 17. – Things that evoke a response in an organism (plural of stimulus).
- 19. – Done without conscious control.
- 20. – Relating to the brain's limbic system, involved in emotion and memory.
Down
- 1. – Gentle and kindly; not harmful.
- 2. – The emotional bond between an infant and caregiver.
- 4. – Able to recognize fine distinctions; selective.
- 7. – Lacking social interaction or context.
- 9. – Showing complex awareness or advanced processing ability.
- 10. – Recognition that something is acceptable or worthwhile.
- 11. – The state of being out of place or inconsistent with expectations.
- 14. – The quality of an action being performed on purpose or with a goal.
- 18. – The developmental path or progression over time.