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PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1: DEFINITION REVISION CHAPTER 2-6

Across
An environment that lacks brain stimulation
An environment that provides social and physical brain stimulation
Nerve cells, responsible for communication within the body
Largest lobe of the brain; involved on initiation body movement, language, planning, judgement, problem solving, personality and emotions.
The first stage of the development of the nervous system; cells dived and multiply to become neurons
At the side of the head above the ears; contains primary auditory cortex
Ability of the brain to change, adapt and grow throughout life
Genetic inheritance
The loss of excess neurons and synapses usually formed in infancy
Neurons that communicate messages from the CNS to certain muscles to create movement.
Speech production centre of the brain
Down
The location if the primary sensory cortex in the brain; allows perceptions of self and environment
The movement of newly formed neurons
Branch like segments of a neuron that receive signals.
A psychological approach that involves reducing our conscious experiences into smaller basic elements
Involves axons of new neurons growing out to form new synapses
The psychological approach that focusses on people's conscious adaptation to the physical and social environment.
Narrowing focus of awareness to a stimulus of interest
Thick band of about 200 million nerve fibres connecting the right and left hemispheres
Neurons that carry sensory information from the body and outside world onto the CNS
Part of left temporal lobe, responsible for language reception and interpretation.
The cell body and largest part of the neuron
The junction between two neurons