Infancy & Toddlerhood (Physical)
Across
- 4. The region of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for thought.
- 9. Chemicals released by neurons that cross the synapse to send messages to other neurons.
- 13. Following habituation, an increase in responsiveness to a new stimulus.
- 14. A gradual reduction in the strength of a response due to repetitive stimulation.
- 16. Learning by copying the behavior of another person.
Down
- 1. A form of learning in which a spontaneous behavior is followed by a stimulus that changes the probability that the behavior will occur again. _______________ CONDITIONING
- 2. The coating of neural fibers with an insulating fatty sheath, called myelin, that improves the efficiency of message transfer.
- 3. a form of learning that involves associating a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that leads to a reflexive response. ______________CONDITIONING
- 5. Nerve cells that store and transmit information.
- 6. In operant conditioning, a stimulus that increases the occurrence of a response.
- 7. The gaps between neurons, across which chemical messages are sent.
- 8. The process of making sense of simultaneous input from more than one modality, or sensory system, perceiving these separate streams of information as an integrated whole. ____________PERCEPTION
- 10. A process in which neurons that are seldom stimulated lose their synapses and are returned to an uncommitted state so they can support future development.
- 11. type of cells that are responsible for myelination of neural fibers, which improves the efficiency of message transfer
- 12. In operant conditioning, removal of a desirable stimulus or presentation of an unpleasant one to decrease the occurrence of a response.
- 15. Specialization of functions in the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.