Theorize This
Brain Boxing
Winter Arc in your Teratogen Era
Stimulation Station
Sunny side up
100
This early 20th-century psychologist proposed the Maturational Theory, suggesting that child development follows a fixed, biologically determined sequence.
Who is Arnold Gesell?
100
True or false, the brain is
arranged or created from the outside in
.
What is false?
100
True or false, this is a potential teratogen
What is true?
100
This type of little human would enjoy and benefit from exposure to: play mats, soft toys, music, & mirrors.
What are infants?
100
This is the name of a fertilized egg before it sticks the the uterine wall and becomes an embryo.
What is a Zygote?
200
Gesell believed that this internal biological process, rather than environmental influences, primarily drives child development.
What is maturation?
200
This force of nature sets the stage for neural connections during prenatal development.
What is genetics?
200
This substance which big daddy Ford has paid 225 million dollars to make available practically anywhere money is exchanged is a well known cause of congenital abnormalities during pregnancy if imbibed, even in small amounts.
What is alcohol?
200
This is an example of a stimulating activity for a preschool age child.
What is ..... answers may vary
200
This many months signals the end of the embyonic period.
What is two?
300
Unlike Gesell’s belief in innate biological maturation, Esther Thelen introduced this theory, emphasizing the role of movement and the interaction of multiple factors in a child’s development.
What is Dynamic Systems Theory?
300
This lipid rich material is formed on the axon to increase the speed of your impulses.
What is myelin?
300
These two materials from the following list are not teratogens for daily use:
Acetone (found in nail polish remover)
Tuna (commonly eaten fish)
Aspirin (pain reliever)
Artificial sweeteners (like aspartame and sucralose)
Lead (found in some old pipes and paint)
What are Artificial Sweeteners and Acetone?
300
It's at this age when you are in your fine motor skills era. 
3.5 years at least.
300
These are the body parts that can move independently during the fetal period
What are the nose, eyelids, and chin, and the mouth
400
Gesell introduced this concept, referring to the process by which biological development naturally progresses and achieves an effective balance out of two opposing tendancies. Examples: Handedness & Personality development
What is Reciprocal Interweving?
400
One two more than you get with grief, these stages outline the process of brain development during the prenatal period
cell birth, cell migration, cell differentiation, cell maturation, synaptogenesis, cell death and synaptic pruning, and myelogenesis
400
Research has shown that these increase the risk for poor childbirth outcomes and and postnatal maternal mood problems.
What are prenatal stress and poor mood?
400
What age group is doing what where from 11-12:00pm on Monday July 7th at a fictious camp near you.
Answers may vary
400
The outer layer of cells or trophoblast that develop around the zygote take place during this prenatal period.
What is the germanic period?
500
Some of Gesell's opps say "he's crashing out!, "you ain't eating, sis!", and "bye felicia!" because his maturational theory does not put enough emphasis on these.
What are environmental factors?
500
This term is given to the process of cells becoming what they're meant to be after the've reached their final destination in the brain.
What is cell differentiation?
500
Exposure to this tool of medical inquiry can cause something fun to say but hard to endure - spina bifida.
What is an X-Ray?
500
What primary needs are shared from Birth to 12 months
what are protection from physical danger, adequate nutrition, adequate health care, appropriate language stimulation, as well as motor & sensory stimulation.
500
These buddies are clother than muskateers and form the three layers of an embryo.
What are the amnion, the placenta, and the umbilical cord.