Parts of the Brain
Area of the brain responsible for planning
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
This long fiber transports electrochemical impulses from the Soma, to the Dendrites
What is an Axon
This theorist discovered the sensorimotor substages
Who is Jean Piaget
This Theorist first named Attachment as a lasting emotional bond with another person
Who is John Bowlby
This Theorist is considered the father of Psychology and developed the Psychosexual stages of development
Who is Sigmund Freud
Fibers connecting the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the Corpus Callosum
This fatty substance protects the axon and speeds up neuronal transmission
What is the Myelin (or Myelin Sheath)
These actions are often found in Newborns and considered a primary circular reaction.
What is sucking, grasping, and orienting
A child who does not care about their caregiver leaving, returning, or presence may have what type of attachment style?
What is Insecure (or Insecure Avoidant)
This Theorist helped Bowlby expand on his Attachment research
Who is Mary Ainsworth
This gland, located deep within the brain, is often considered the master endocrine glad.
What is the pituitary glad
The gap between the axon of one neuron, and the dendrites of another.
What is a synapse
These actions are typically found in infants from 4m-12m and considered secondary circular reactions.
What is repetition, dropping and throwing, cause and effect, and emotional interaction
A child who becomes very upset at the absence of a caregiver, but also is angry and distant upon their return may have this attachment style?
What is insecure/ ambivalent
This Theorist was inspired by Freud, and believed development was characterized by social stages, not sexual stages.
Who is Erik Erikson
The brain is typically divided up into 4 lobes. Name them.
What are the Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital Lobes?
Pruning refers to this process.
What is the elimination of unnecessary neuronal connections
These actions are typically found in young toddlers between 12mm-18m, and considered tertiary circular reactions.
What is experimenting, searching, and imitating
A child who is confident with a caregiver leaving and returning may have this attachment style?
What is secure
This Theory implies that learning is acquired from a step by step perspective, association, and reinforcement
What is Behaviorism
These three structures make up the limbic system
What are the Hippocampus, Amygdala, and Hypothalamus
This system is made up of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the Central Nervous System
According to your book, Piaget coined this term to describe toddlers, due to their insatiable curiosity and experimentation.
What is "Little Scientist"
A child who has an unpredictable reaction to a caregiver leaving and returning may have this attachment style
What is Disorganized
This Theory/ Science says that language arises from many brain regions, is complex, and is contributed to hundreds of genes and areas
What is Neuroscience