Student’s Name:_____________

Date:_______________

Class Period: ____

ACROSS

1. _____________________ Physical skills involving larger muscles of the body, such as the legs, hips, back, and arms. Examples include jumping, hitting a baseball, balancing on a balance beam, and carrying a heavy object.

Vocabulary Crossword

Principles of Education and Training

Chapter 3: Understanding Human Development

Directions: Use the clues (“definitions”) from Chapter 3 to complete the crossword puzzle. Each clue (“definition”) is worth one point each. (Worth 26 points)

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Clues continued on back….

ACROSS--Continued

1. _____________________ All of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge.
2. _____________________ The gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime
3. _____________________ Refers to physical change in size, such as gains in height and weight.
4. _____________________ A theory based on the belief that individual’s behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control.
5. _____________________ Physical skills involving smaller muscles in the body, such as the hands and wrists. Examples include picking up objects, writing, and keyboarding.

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DOWN

• _____________________ Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings.
• _____________________ Comprehensive explanations, based on research, about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.
• _____________________ The theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced.
• _____________________ The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.
• _____________________ A consistent step-by-step pattern that consistently follows one after another, as in development.
• _____________________ Advances in physical abilities.
• _____________________ The theory that behaviors can be associated with responses.