The Brain
Erikson
Play & Popularity
Information Processing
Adolescent Cognition
200

A period of overproduction of neural activity, could be called one of two things (name one)

Synaptogenesis or Synaptic blooming

200

Stage in which we learn that others are either likely to provide for our basic needs (nourishment and affection) or not

Trust vs Mistrust

200

In terms of physical development, play helps to grow both of these types of skills

Gross and fine motor skills

200

This is knowledge a person has about their own ability to process information (think)

Metacognition

200

Piagets last stage, which includes scientific thinking and hypothetical deductive reasoning

Formal Operational Stage

400

This process speeds up transmission of information by creating insulation around the neuron, making the brain function more efficiently 

Myelination 

400

The stage when one explores who they really are, either emerging confident in their sense of self or not

Identity vs confusion

400

This type of play involves students playing alongside each other, using similar toys, but not directly interacting with each other

Parallel Play

400

This is a type of attention is our ability to pay attention to a single task or stimulus while ignoring distracting information

Selective attention

400

The belief that those around you are as concerned and focused on your appearance and actions as you are about yourself

Imaginary audience

600

During adolescents, this produces gonadotropin, which in tern stimulates the pituitary gland

Hypothalamus
600

This is the stage of "I can do it myself" whereby a human searches for the confidence to be independent 

Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt

600

This type of play involves interacting with others in order to work towards a common goal, children may take on different tasks to reach the goal

Cooperative play

600

This is the first stage of the memory process, where the brain registers and processes incoming information

Sensory Memory

600

The belief that a person is unquie, special, and invulnerable to harm

Personal fable

800

How many neurons do we have at birth

85 Billion

800

A busy time, a human develops skills that work towards building confidence

Industry vs inferiority

800

This type of peer involves a popular person who sometimes exhibits confusing or mean behaviors

controversial

800

There are many types of strategies for improving memory - name three

Repetition/rehearsal, cluster rehearsal, organization/chunking, elaboration, mnemonic device

800

The counter part to inductive reasoning, adolescents gain the ability to do this, draw a conclusion based on an overarching principal 

Deductive Reasoning

1000

At what age does the myelination process in language processing areas complete, making it harder to learn foreign languages

13

1000

When a human learns to assert control over their environement and further develop independence

Initiative vs guilt

1000

How well a child gets along with their peers is based on these two factors

likability and status

1000

The myelination process in this is responsible for improved memory processes in middle to late childhood

Hippocampus

1000

Teenagers are often ___ (having a high standard for others) while also making them ____ (unable to meet their own standards)

Idealistic, hypocritical