Brain Parts
Outer layer of the brain, the tissue is folded in on itself, the folding and wrinkling allows for more surface area of cortex to fit into the skull
What is Cerebral Cortex
The basic building block of the nervous system
What is a Neuron
Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
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Children form these as they experience new situations and events
What is a Schema
Developmental psychologist, contended that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task to become a successful complete person
What is Erik Erikson
As adolescents seek to form their own identities, they begin to pull away from their parents
What is Parent relationships
Containing the visual centers of the brain
What is the Occipital Lobe
Chemical Messengers
What is a Neurotransmitter
Interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas
What is assimilation
If the care the infant receives is consistent, predictable and reliable, they will develop a sense of trust which will carry with them to other relationships, and they will be able to feel secure even when threatened
What is Trust vs Mistrust
Style in which the parent is very uninvolved in the adolescent’s life
What is Neglectful Parenting
Lying roughly above the ears, include the auditory (sound) processing of the brain
What is the Temporal Lobe
The branching extensions of a neuron that receive information and conduct impulses toward the cell body
What is a Dendrite
Birth to age 2, Infants use their senses and motor abilities to learn about the world around time (looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping)
If children in this stage are encouraged and supported in their increased independence, they become more confident and secure in their own ability to survive in the world
What is Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
Parents are highly involved with their adolescents but place few demands or controls on them. Allow teen to do what they want
What is Indulgent Parenting (Permissive)
_________is hugely influential and key during the teenage years, being very active and often over-reactive
What is the Limbic System
The state of a neuron when it is at rest and capable of generating an action potential
What is Resting Potential
The belief that objects that are inanimate (not living) have feelings, thoughts, and have the mental characteristics and qualities of living things (“are just like me”)
Child has to learn the roles he will occupy as an adult. It is during this stage that the adolescent will re-examine his identity and try to find out exactly who he, she, or they are.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion
Encourages adolescents to be independent but still places limits and controls on their actions
What is Authoritative Parenting
Becomes active during potentially threatening situations (coordinates fight-or-flight response)
What is the Amygdala
The principle stating that if a neuron fires, then it always fires at the same intensity; all action potentials have the same strength
What is All or None Principal
The stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
What is Formal Operational stage
People in late adulthood reflect on their lives and feel either a sense of satisfaction or a sense of failure
What is Ego Integrity vs. Despair
________& early child care were precursors to forming positive couple relationships in adolescence
What is Attachment History