Description

The application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system; also called criminal psychology.
A branch of psychiatry having to do with the study of crime and criminality.
The characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique, and that tend to remain stable over time.
A psychological perspective that stresses observable behavior and disregards unobservable events that occur in the mind.
A psychological principle that holds that the frequency of any behavior can be increased or decreased through reward, punishment, or association with other stimuli.
A perspective developed by psychiatrist Sigmund Freud in the early 1900s that explains the structure of personality and behavior in terms of both conscious and unconscious components and the conflicts between them.
A personality disorder characterized by antisocial behavior and lack of effect.
A serious mental illness that distorts the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. A primary feature, is the inability to distinguish between real and imagined experiences and the inability to think logically.
An individual who has personality disorder, especially one manifested in aggressively antisocial behavior, and who is lacking in empathy.
An individual who is unsocialized and whose behavior pattern brings him or her into repeated conflict with society.
Stable personality patterns that tend to endure throughout the life course and across social and cultural contexts.
A psychological perspective that builds on the Big Five core traits of personality.
A perspective on crime causation holding that individuals become criminal when they have not successfully completed their intellectual development from child- to adulthood.
A psychological perspective that involves the study of human perceptions, information processing, and decision making.
A theory that is derived from the medical sciences (including neurology) and that, like other psychological theories, focuses on the individual as the unit os analysis.
The theory of human psychology founded by Sigmund Freud on the concepts of the unconscious, resistance, repression, sexuality, and the Oedipus complex.
A functional disorder of the mind or of the emotions involving anxiety, phobia, or abnormal behavior.
A form of mental illness in which sufferers are said to be out of touch with reality.
The psychological process whereby one aspect of consciousness comes to be symbolically substituted for another.
A form of psychiatric treatment based on psychoanalytical principles and techniques.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

Pre-made templates

For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

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  • Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
  • Head to ‘My Puzzles’
  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.