Cognitive Development of Adolescent (Part 1)

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Across
  1. 2. A neurotransmitter linked to reward and pleasure.
  2. 5. Adolescents’ heightened self-focus and self-consciousness.
  3. 6. Part of a neuron that receives signals.
  4. 8. Incorporating new experiences into existing knowledge.
  5. 11. The brain area involved in decision-making and self-control.
  6. 13. Psychologist who emphasized social learning in cognitive development.
  7. 15. Brain region that plays a key role in processing emotions.
  8. 18. Process that insulates nerve cells to increase signal efficiency.
  9. 19. The creation of new neurons in the brain.
  10. 20. The brain structure that connects the left and right hemispheres.
  11. 21. A sense of uniqueness and invulnerability in adolescence.
  12. 22. A mental framework for organizing information.
  13. 24. The basic unit of the nervous system.
Down
  1. 1. Psychologist who developed a theory on cognitive stages
  2. 3. Piaget’s stage involving abstract and logical thinking.
  3. 4. Thinking about one’s own thinking processes.
  4. 7. The belief that others are always watching or noticing you.
  5. 9. Balancing new and old knowledge in learning.
  6. 10. Chemical messenger between neurons.
  7. 11. The brain’s ability to adapt to new experiences.
  8. 12. Modifying knowledge to fit new information.
  9. 14. Developing hypotheses to solve problems logically.
  10. 16. The gap where neurons connect and transmit signals.
  11. 17. The part of the brain associated with emotions.
  12. 23. Neuronal structure that transmits impulses away from the cell body.