Chapter 2-13 terms Flashcards
(192 cards)
___________ is the process by which axons become coated with myelin, a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses between neurons
Myelination
Is a long, thick band of nerve fibers that connect the right and the left hemispheres of the brain
Corpus callosum
Refers to the specialization in certain functions by each side of the brain.
Laterization
Is the ability to postpone the immediate response to an idea or behavior
Impulse control
Is the tendency to stick to one thought or action for a long time. And young children, this is a normal product of immature brain functions
Preseveration
Part of the brains limbic system, the ______________ registers emotion, particular fear and anxiety
Amygdala
____________ is part of the brains limbic system that is a central processor of memory, especially memory for locations
Hippocampus
Is the practice of limiting the extent of injuries by anticipating, controlling and preventing dangerous activities.
Injury control/ harm reduction
Refers to actions that change overall background conditions to prevent some unwanted event or circumstances
Primary Prevention
Involves actions that avert harm in high-risk situations
Secondary Prevention
Involves actions taken after an adverse event occurs, aimed at reducing the harm or preventing disability
Tertiary Prevention
Is intentional harm to or avoidable endangerment if anyone under age 18
Child Maltreatment
Refers to deliberate actions that are harmful to a child’s physical, emotional, or sexual well-being.
Child abuse
Refers to failure to appropriately me a child’s basic physical, educational, or emotional needs
Child neglect
Child maltreatment that has been officially reported to authorities, investigated and verified is called
Substantiated Maltreatment
Child maltreatment that has been officially reported to the police or other authorities is
Reported maltreatment
Is in anxiety disorder triggered by exposure to an extreme Trumatic stress her. Symptoms of this include hyperactivity and hyper vigilance, sleeplessness so I didn’t care or anxiety, and confusion between fantasy and reality
Post Trumatic stress disorder PTSD
Is planning for the long-term care of a child who has experienced substantiated Maltreatment
Permanency planning
Is legally sanctioned, publicly supported arrangement in which children are removed from their biological parents and temporarily given to another adult to nurture
Foster care
It’s a form of foster care in which a relative of a maltreated child becomes the child’s approved caregiver
Kinship care
Is a legal procedure in which an adult or couple is granted the obligations and joys of being the parents of an unrelated child
Adoption
Piagets theory about thinking between the ages of two and six, mostly involves language and imagination. Children can not yet preform logical operations or logical principles
Pre-operational intelligence
Allows children to understand that words can be symbols that refer to things they cannot see
Symbolic thought
Is the believe that natural objects and phenomena are alive
Animism