What does function does the Pituitary Gland serve?
What is secretes hormones (growth, metabolism, sexual development)
100
How does a child ages 1-2 months gain information?
What is through their senses.
100
How many stages of learning did Piaget identify.
What is 4.
100
What are the tiny gaps between dendrites?
What is the synapse.
200
What overall part of the brain controls the senses?
What is cerebrum.
200
Which part of the brain sits at the top of the spinal cord and controls involuntary activities such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.
What is the brain stem.
200
During what age(s) is a child alert for longer periods of time, studies objects, recognizes their own name, can distinguish between friendly and angry voices, and can recognize sounds of their native language?
What is 5-6 months.
200
What stage can be defined as children ages 2-7 years and the child can start to think in terms of their own activities and what they perceive at the moment.
What is preoperational period.
200
What can be defined by the ability to learn from the 5 senses?
What is perception.
300
What are the links between neurons that "wire" the brain so that the brain cells can control different body functions and thinking processes?
What is Neural Pathways
300
How can a person make the connections in their brain stronger?
What is repetition. The more things happen, the quicker and easier they become.
300
During what age(s) can a child point to and identify objects in books, refers to parents as "mama" and "dada", and understands simple phrases like "come to mommy".
What is 11-12 months
300
What stage can be described as children ages 7-11 years, and the child can think logically, they learn best from experiences, they classify objects and place things in a series.
What is concrete operations period.
300
What is defined as the length of time that a person can concentrate on a task without getting bored?
What is attention span.
400
What part of the brain controls muscular coordination, balance, and posture?
What is cerebellum.
400
What crosses the synapse between neurons to bring messages to the dendrite of another neuron?
What is neurotransmitters.
400
During what age(s) can a child distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar faces, make vowel-consonant combinations, and they can tell a smile from a frown?
What is 3-4 months.
400
What stage can be described as children between ages birth - 2 years and children learn best from their senses and own actions.
What is sensorimotor period.
400
What can be defined as the use of words or numbers to stand for ideas?
What is symbolic thinking.
500
This part of the brain connects the spinal cord and cerebrum. It also controls a persons expression of emotions.
What is the thalamus.
500
What is myelin?
What is a waxy substance that lubricates the axons.
500
During what age(s) does a child begin to imitate the actions of others, understand cause and effect, remember things that have happened, sort objects by size, solves simple problems, and babbling begins to imitate speech?
What is 7-8 months
500
What stage can be described as children ages 11- adulthood and they are capable of abstract thinking.
What is formal operations period.
500
What can be defined as the ability to know that items still continue to exist even when they are not seen.