"Cognitive Development in Adolescence": HTML5 Crossword

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3. More _ thinking. (8)
4. Thoughts full of _ and possibilities. (8)
5. Adolescents can create _ events and logically reason about them. (12)
8. The ability to effectively direct thinking in different areas, manage attention, reduce interfering thoughts, and be flexible. (9,7)
11. In adolescence, there is improvement in _ , consisting of high-level cognitive processes linked to the prefrontal cortex’s development. (9,8)
12. Being aware the options and alternatives are available and able to adapt to situations. (9,11)
15. Adolescents’ belief that others are as interested in them as themselves and use attention-getting behavior from the desire to be noticed. (9,8)

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1. Adolescence is an important transition period in the development of _. (8,8)
2. _ plays a key role in adolescents’ decision making. (6,7)
6. At age 11 children enter the last stage of cognitive development (Piaget’s theory), but only 1 out of 3 is a _ thinker. (6,11)
7. The heightened self-consciousness of adolescents. (10,11)
9. The hypothetical- _ is the concept that adolescents have the cognitive ability to develop hypotheses about solving problems. (9,9)
10. Confidence in ability to adapt thinking. (12)
13. Begin thinking about thinking. (13)
14. An adolescent’s sense of uniqueness and invincibility. (8,5)