General Psychology Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 4. brain's ability to reorganize and change its structure and function throughout its life span
  2. 6. structural, nutritional, and other support for neurons
  3. 8. this is when you lightly stroke a baby's foot sole and its big toe will move up and the other toes fan out
  4. 9. part of brain involved with respiration, movement, waking, sleep, and dreaming
  5. 14. process by which new neurons are generated
  6. 18. immature cell with potential to become almost any type of cell
  7. 19. a segment of DNA that occupies a specific place on a particular chromosome
  8. 20. receive neural impulses from other neurons and convey impulses toward cell body
Down
  1. 1. helps coordinate movement patterns, sleep, and arousal
  2. 2. bundle of neural fibers that connect the brain's two hemispheres
  3. 3. the brain and spinal cord
  4. 5. tube-like structure that conveys impulses away from the neuron's cell body and toward other neurons
  5. 7. in 1848, this 25 year old man had a metal rod blown through his face and it changed his personality
  6. 10. pathway connecting the brain and the peripheral nervous system
  7. 11. branch of the life sciences dealing with structure and function of neurons, nerves, and nervous tissue
  8. 12. gap between axon tip of sending neuron and the receiving dendrite
  9. 13. statistical formula providing percentage of variation in a population due to genetic factors
  10. 15. chemical messages which circulate in the blood stream to produce bodily changes or maintain body function
  11. 16. innate, automatic response to a stimulus (ex: Knee jerk)
  12. 17. brain's ability to reorganize and change its structure and function throughout its life span