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Psych9 Crossword

Down: 1) the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by 8 months old 2) research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period 3) the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role 5) all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating 6) the developing human organism form 9 weeks after conception to birth 8) our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood 10) the "we" aspect of our self-concept; "Who am I?"11) the time of natural cessation of menstruation 14) our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles 15) the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible 17) the first menstrual period 19) physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone 20) in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood 21) in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 years old) where a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic 23) the sex chromosome found only in males 24) in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years old) where infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities 29) the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month 33) biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience 35) our understanding and evaluation of who we are 38) in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view 39) agents, such as chemicals, and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm 41) the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

Across: 4) according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy 7) people's ideas about their own and others' mental states about their feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict 9) a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave 12) the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence 13) an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produce proper development 16) the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life 18) the theory that we learn social behavior by observing, imitating, and by being rewarded or punished 22) a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another 25) the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects 26) a set of expected behaviors for males or for females 27) a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social chance throughout the life span 28) the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived 30) a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information 31) the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement 32) in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts 34) interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas 36) in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years old) where children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events 37) the most important of the male sex hormones; both males and females have it, but the additional amount in males stimulates growth of the male sex organs and characteristics 40) a period form the late teens to mid-twenties, bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsibility 42) nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair 43) adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information 44) our sense of being male or female 45) the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female 46) a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity 47) our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age 48) the sex chromosome found in both men and women; females have two, while men have one 49) physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by pregnant woman's heavy drinking 50) an emotional tie with another person

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