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Psych 213 Ch4

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show "head to tail" during the prenatal period the head develops faster than the rest of the body  
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show growth proceeds literall from near to far; from the center of thebody outward  
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neurons   show
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show tiny gaps where fibers from differenet neurons come close together but do not touch  
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show neurons send messages to one another by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters which cross the synapse  
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show neurons that are seldom stimulated soon lose their synapses in this process. this returns neurons that are not needed at the moment to an uncommited state so they can support future development  
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glial cells   show
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mylenations   show
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cerebral cortex   show
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lateralization   show
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show if parts of the cortex is damaged other parts can take over tasks it would handle  
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experience expectant growth   show
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show consists of additional growth and refinement of established brain structures as a result of specific learning experiences that occur thorughout our lives, varying widely across individuals and cultures  
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show a wasted condition of th body caused by a diet low in all essential nutrients, happens in the firstyear when the mother is too malnourished to produce breast milk  
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kwashiorkor   show
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nonorganic failure to thrive   show
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classical conditioning   show
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unconditioned stimulus   show
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show when the neutral stimulus by itself produces a response simililar to the reflexive response it is then called the CS  
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conditioned response   show
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show infants act or operate on the environment and stimuli that follow their behavior change the probability that the behavior will occur again  
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reinforcer   show
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punishment   show
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habituation   show
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recovery   show
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imitation   show
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show specialized cells in motor areas of the cerebral cortex. fire identically when a primate sees or hears an action and when it carries out that action on its own  
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dynamic systems theory of motor development   show
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show analyzing the speech for stream patters-repeatdly occuring sequences of sounds-the acquire a stock of speech structures  
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intermodal perception   show
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differentation theory   show
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