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a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
the idea that a psychological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates an organism to satisfy the need
motivated behaviors may increase or decrease arousal
we are motivated to achieve our highest personal potential
motivation comes from our unconscious, and we have two basic desires; eros (sex) and Thanatos (aggression)--we behave the way we do because it’s a safe way to express our Id
certain human behaviors are innate and due to evolutionary programming
external forces, ‘pushes’ and ‘pulls,’ motivate us
he created the hierarchy of needs, talked about self actualization
a response of the whole organism, involving, physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of out physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
the theory that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
to experience ostracism is to feel real pain
a complex psychological state that involves 3 distinct components, experience of feelings that underlies behavior; activates and effects behaviors but difficult to predict behavior
children know/look at things differently than adults. Children develop in a series of stages.
proposed a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages from infancy to adulthood.
infant/child attachment to care giver
infant/child attachment to caregiver or extended family
an infant expects it’s needs to be met by this warm, responsive, and sensitive to needs caregiver
contact comfort experiment with monkeys
expanded on Piaget's two stages, identifying six stages of moral development
a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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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.

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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.

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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.