Parts of the Brain
It connects the brain to the spinal cord.
The term to describe the fact that our brains never stop changing to make space for new information.
This type of motor skills involve large muscle activities, such as moving one’s arms & walking.
The term used to describe social influences and environmental factors.
BONUS: What is the second-leading cause?
It regulates functions like thirst, appetite, and sleep & releases hormones from the pituitary gland.
An agent (like a drug or chemical) that causes physical or developmental abnormalities in the fetus.
The reflex that occurs when a newborn is startled, arches its back, throws back its head, & flings out its arms & legs.
BONUS: What is the rooting reflex?
It regulates vital functions such as heartbeat and breathing.
The sequence of growth that starts at the middle of the body and moves towards the extremities.
What is the proximodistal pattern?
Jane's parents both had depression. Jane just went through a bad breakup. THIS theory explains how both factors above (stress and vulnerability) can cause a disorder.
A term referring to the process of taking individual pieces of information and grouping them into larger units. This helps improve the amount of information you can remember.
It regulates growth and puberty hormones and metabolism.
The temporary scratch pad that we use to store information in our brains.
This theory pf development suggests universal milestones such as crawling, are learned through a process of adaptation (we explore and find solutions to new task demands)
BONUS: Explain Gessel's Maturation Theory!
This disease occurs as a result of the disintegration of myelin sheaths around neurons.
It controls voluntary movement, speech, intelligence, memory, emotion, and sensory processing.