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PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 1: DEFINITION REVISION CHAPTER 2-6

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