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Blooming or overproduction of synapses.
Neuron OR Synaptogenesis?
Synaptogenesis
Which type of research study provides basic information about variables, does not make connections between them?
Descriptive OR Correlational?
Descriptive
What are actions or mental representations that organize knowledge?
Schemas OR Equilibration?
Schemas.
Which lobe of the brain is missing in this list? Frontal,Occipital,Temporal and _________ .
Parietal lobe.
Connections in the brain (synapses) are not static once formed but rather they change as a function of synaptic activity.
Plasticity OR Sensitive Periods
Plasticity
The largest lobe of the brain, involves in a variety of executive functioning abilities, such as using working memory, planning, and making decisions.
Temporal Lobe OR Frontal Lobe?
Frontal Lobe
What is the stage in Piaget's theory where a child can organize data logically?
Concrete Operational OR Formal Operational?
Concrete Operational Stage
What occurs when children incorporate new information into their existing schemas?
Assimilation OR Accommodation?
Assimilation.
Which is the larger culture as a whole and includes socioeconomic status, wealth, poverty, and ethnicity.
Macrosystem OR Microsystem?
Macrosystem
Which type of research is most likely to yield information that determines cause and effect?
Descriptive OR Experimental?
Experimental
Trust vs Mistrust, Autonomy vs Shame, Initiative vs Guilt, Identity vs Role Confusion are all part of....
Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development OR Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development?
Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and chronosystem are all part of...
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory OR Erickson's Psychosocial Theory
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory
what is the term that describes when children adjust their schemas to fit new information and experiences?
Disequilibrium OR Accommodation?
Accommodation.
The middle part of the brain, helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one’s body is compared with objects around the person).
Parietal Lobe OR Occipital Lobe?
Parietal Lobe
Parents who have high expectations, firm rules and strict punishments and may not discuss their reasoning with their kids.
Authoritative OR Authoritarian?
Authoritarian
Control and responsiveness are part of....
Parenting practices, Temperament, OR Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory?
Parenting Practices: Describes the ways in which parents interact with their children.
What is the part of the brain that is the source of emotional behavior?
Amygdala OR Brain Stem?
Amygdala
An individual's general tendency to respond or deal with the environment
Temperament OR Emotional competence>
Temperament
A technique that involves changing the level of support for learning and slowly fades away.
Scaffolding OR Accommodation?
Scaffolding
Changes an existing cognitive structure or forms a new one.
Accommodation OR Assimilation?
Accommodation
What is the first of Piaget's stages and what age range does it encompass?
Sensorimotor OR Preoperational?
Sensorimotor stage from birth to two years old.
When we are faced with new information that does not immediately fit into our existing mental framework of the world and how it works, we experience ___________.
Equilibration OR Disequilibrium?
Disequilibrium
In this stage for Erickson's Psychosocial Stages a child develops self-confidence when competent.
Industry vs Inferiority OR Autonomy vs Shame?
Industry vs Inferiority
The two types of constructivism are often defined as ______.
Individual and social OR Stuctured vs Unstructured?
Individual and social
How one neuron sends a message to a target neuron, allow transmission of messages.
Synapses OR Myelination?
Synapses