Physical Growth
From ages 3 to 15, growth occurs [gradually] [rapidly] in the cerebral cortex, but in different lobes
Gradually
This area of the brain is related to emotional regulation and planning
Frontal lobes
The ability to recognize that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one group
Classification
Style of parenting where you explain to the child why you are saying no to their request
Authoritative parenting
When do we first show a preference for handedness?
Pre-natally
Two reasons for the differences between children's height and weight in developed vs. developing countries
Poor nutrition and diseases
Inability to remember events from the first few years of life
The ability to recognize that two rows have the same quantity of coins, despite one being more spread out than the other
Conservation
This parenting style is associated with a lack of self-control and difficulty getting along with others
Permissive parenting
The ability to recognize that different people can think differently than you do
Theory of mind
True or false: Gross motor development in middle childhood is unpredictable and unrelated to earlier developments
Increase in synaptic connections and myelination results in...
Piaget would say that a child who makes mistakes on conservation tasks most likely has cognitive deficiencies in what other tasks?
Reversibility and centration
The idea that we view ourselves in relation to other people via status, ability, achievements, etc.
Social comparison
Critical period is when language learning must happen. Sensitive period is when the capacity for language learning is at its best.
The trigger point for puberty - when this threshold is reached, it triggers the chemical changes in the body
Leptin
As part of the series of chemical events that initiate puberty, the hypothalamus increases its production of __________.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
____ are cognitive procedures that follow certain logical rules
Mental operations
Why does a child’s emotional self-regulation improve in middle childhood?
Because their environment requires it
This results in increased reaction time for gross and motor skills
Increased myelination