The Brain
What are dendrites?
Branching extensions that collect information from other neurons
What Piaget Stage occurs when children use symbols to represent words, images, and ideas
What is preoperational
A child's mood, activity level, and emotional reactivity
What is temperament?
An uninvolved parenting style is the ideal parenting style.
What is False
The frontal lobe is primarily responsible for:
thinking, memory, planning, and judgment
What does neuroplasticity refer to?
the brains ability to change and adapt both physically and chemically
What is a component of memory in which current conscious mental activity occurs and mental manipulation of information can be performed?
What is working memory.
Theory of mind occurs when a child is able to:
think about other people's thoughts
Separation anxiety is fear of the presence of a stranger.
What is False
How many hours is it recommended that newborns sleep?
16.5
During early childhood we noticed the process of myelination increases. What does this mean?
The signals being sent will speed up and be more protected.
the tendency of young children not to be able to take the perspectives of others
What is Egocentrism
Who introduced scaffolding (temporary support that a parent or teacher gives a child in order to do a task)?
Lev Vygotsky
Child neglect is when the primary caregiver is not providing the basic needs to a child.
What is True?
What is the common cause when SIDS is most likely the result of accidental suffocation or strangulation?
soft bedding in the crib
What is agenesis of the Corpus Collosum (CC)?
CC is smaller or completely absent from the brain
Measuring decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposure is know as what?
Habituation
What Erikson Stage are children at in early childhood (2-7)?
Autonomy Versus Shame/Doubt
According to Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, 0-2 year olds are in the preoperational stage.
What is False?
What action should we expect when testing the babinski reflex?
Toes fanning out and will curl when the sole of the foot is stroked from heel to toe
When neural connections are reduced, thereby making those that are used much stronger
What is synaptic pruning?
Piaget stated that during the preoperational stage children are unable to recognize that moving or rearranging matter does not change the quantity. What term refers to the skill that is not present at this stage?
What is conservation
What was the Strange Situation Experiment used to understand?
What is attachment
Culture is important to understand when we are considering evaluating parenting styles.
What is True
What is an example of a fine motor skill?
coloring, grasping a toy, drawing, writing