ch 7 part 1 vocabulary

Question 1

stroop test

stroop tast

test

Answer 1

measure a person’s selective attention capacity and skills, processing speed, and alongside other tests to evaluate overall executive processing abilities

Question 2

evaluate

ival u wait

eval u ate

Answer 2

تقيم

Question 3

synaptic pruning

sna app tic pr ning

synaptic pruning

Answer 3

the process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need. This usually takes place when a person is 2–10 years old. The brain contains millions of neurons that communicate with one another using a combination of electrical and chemical signals

Question 4

takes place

Answer 4

يحدث او يقع او يجري

Question 5

prefrontal cortex OR PFC

Answer 5

One of the last places in the brain to mature, the prefrontal cortex is thought of as the “personality center” and is the cortical region that makes us uniquely human

Question 6

outperform

out perform

Answer 6

يتفوق علئ

Question 7

sleep apnea

sleep app ne ya

apnea

Answer 7

potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts
توقف التنفس اثناء النوم

Question 8

intermittently

inter mtnt

inter mittent

Answer 8

متقطع

Question 9

Deficit

daf sit

de fi cit

Answer 9

عجز

Question 10

cigarette

cg ir at

ci gar ette

Answer 10

سيجاره

Question 11

Impulsivity

M pull sf tea

im pul siv ity

Answer 11

الاندفاع