Development
DNA 101
The Brain
Why Study Children?
Miscellaneous
100
Physical Development
What is the growth of muscle tissue, blood volume, bone, organs, etc. Includes the height and weight of a person.
100
DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
Brain Cells
What are neurons
100
To train a child as part of a group
What is to socialize
100
The part of the brain that is responsible for the fight/flight/or freeze response.
What is the Medulla
200
Social Development
What is the ability to interact with others
200
genetics
What is the study of the passing on of individual physical traits from one generation of living beings to the next
200
Thalamus
What is the gland in the brain that is the gatekeeper and only allows "important" information to be stored.
200
Culture
What is a way of life within a group.
200
Neonatal
What is new birth- a stage of the individual life cycle that lasts only 2 weeks
300
Emotional Development
What is the ability to identify and cope with feelings and emotions
300
double helix
What is the shape of the DNA molecule
300
Axons
What is longer, heavier cables that send electrical impulses.
300
Play
What is the way a child learns
300
Before birth
What is prenatal
400
Motoring
What is muscle movement
400
Codones
What is a group of three bases that provide genetic information
400
A chemical that the brain produces while under stress that prevents learning.
What is cortisol?
400
Teen Years
What is adolescence
400
Sensorimotor Stage
What is when a child learns about his/her world by using all of their senses.
500
Gross Motor Skills
What is movement of the large muscles of the body
500
Chromosomes
What is genes combine to make chromosomes- There are 46 in each cell
500
Windows of Opportunity
What is a prime time in a child's life for developing a particular skill.
500
A Change of Function As a Result of Growth
What is Development
500
All the condiditons and situations that surround and effect a child
What is Environment
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