Brain Parts
What is the largest part of the brain?
The cerebrum.
what is the leading cause of mental and physical disabilities?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
when usually is the critical window of opportunity period?
within the first 3 years of life.
What is attachment in child development?
The child's affection, love and care for their caregiver
What does the acronym P.I.E.S.M stand for?
What are the different parts of the cerebrum?
The Occipital lobe, Temporal lobe, Parietal lobe, and the Frontal lobe
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
This happens when mom drinks too much during pregnancy, this alcohol prevents oxygen and nourishment from allowing the fetus' brain and organs to grow correctly
What is a critical window of opportunity?
A period of time where the brain is more open to being able to learn and retain information gaining new skills and talents.
What are the different types of attachment in babies?
Secure, Insecure, Anxious-avoidant, Anxious-resistant, and disoriented.
What is the difference between gross and fine motor skills?
Gross motor skills use large muscles while fine motor skills use small muscles.
What is the brain stem and what does it do?
Works with the spinal cord to control breathing and blood pressure and processes info coming from the nervous system
how does alcohol effect a fetus's brain?
irrupts the migration of brain cells, not allowing them to get to where they need to go, leading them to congenital defects and not going to right places such as legs and arms.
why are 1/3 of children in schools not able to properly learn?
This is due to children not learning how to learn within their critical window period of life, most of these children did not participate in things such as problem solving, reading, talking, and learning making it harder for them to learn as they get older in school.
Does giving into babies cries all of the time spoil them?
No, when babies cry they are trying to communicate with you, tending to the crying child shows them that they have someone who is going to care for them, it doesn't spoil them.
What is cognitive development?
mental processes through which we think, learn, and communicate. This falls under the intellectual development category.
How are neurons at birth?
At birth a baby had billions of brain cells, but the connections between them aren't formed yet, these links are called, "neural pathways"
How can alcohol effect fetus's in the first trimester of pregnancy?
This is time is the greatest risk for the baby, alcohol can effect how cells are growing, altering tissue growth of the fetus and diminishes the number of cells in the brain making it smaller.
if a child misses the critical window can the skill still be restored?
The lost brain cells may be able to come back later in life, but its very hard. Some things such as learning a language stop at a certain age, other things like reading are able to be learned at an older age even if the critical window was missed, its just very hard.
What does secure attachment contribute to the baby?
Provides defense against trauma and stress, creates a foundation for identity, creates self worth, and learns how to balance dependency and autonomy.
What is the biggest milestone within the 10th month of a babies life?
The baby will be able to stand now with little almost no support.
What is a synapse misfire?
This is when messages are not transmitted correctly between neurons
What is cortisol?
How do synapses change throughout ones childhood?
at birth babies have 50 trillion synapses, then at 8 months a baby has 1,000 trillion synapses, and at 10 years children have 500 trillion synapses. The number can increase and decrease depending on a babies early experiences.
How do parents create insecure attachment for their baby? And how do babies react to this?
Parents are intrusive, overstimulating, insensitive to babies cues, or frightened. Babies react by not knowing if how to act when parent is present or not, avoidant with parents, or hard to establish closeness.
What is the difference between Cephalo-caudal and Proximal distal growth?
The difference is that Cephalo-caudal is growth from head to foot while proximal growth is growth that occurs from near to far.