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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Process of neurons

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Specialized brain cells that send and receive information by conducting electrochemical impulses

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Process of Neural Communication

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Synapses- neurons communicate
Neurotransmitters- Chemicals released from one neuron to another to facilitate communication
Synaptogenesis- process neurons form synapses as function of experience

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Four brain lobes

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Temporal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe

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Temporal Lobe

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Process auditory and Memory selection

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Frontal Lobe

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Human behaviors, Consequences, Language, and problem solving

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Parietal Lobe

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Somatosensory information (touch, temperature, pain)
Visualize Objects
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Occipital Lobe

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Visual processing, Blindness, reading/writing skills

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Corpus callosum

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Section that allows information to travel back and forth between left and right sides of brain

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What is Myelin-insulating composed off

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Glial cells

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Dendrites

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Receive input from other cells or cell body

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Axon

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Neural impulses travel to the terminal branches

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Cerebral Cortex

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split to 4 parts; most directly implicated in thinking and learning

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How does Vygotsky describe learning?

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Focuses on the processes behind development changes

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What is ZPD?

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Zone of Proximal Development- distance between the skills the child has already internalized and the skills she could learn with the right assistance

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How does scaffolding work?

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Does not use explicit step by step instructions. It supports learning by helping the student engage purposefully. Provides support to current skill level and fading support to be self reliant.

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16
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What are schemas?

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Piagets idea of organizing ways to understand related elements. Ex. bird lay eggs.. eggs chicken lay eggs

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Proccess the influence schemas and learning?

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Accomodation and Assimilation

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Accomodation

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when we alter or change an existing schema in order to understand a new situation

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Assimilation

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when an existing schema is used to understand a new schema

20
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What are Piagets stages?

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Sensorimotor 0 -2
Preoperational 2-7
Concrete operations 7-11
Formal Operations 11-adult

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Sensorimotor 0-2

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Object permanence- Baby think toys disappear if you cover it with a blanket

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Preoperational 2-7

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Symbolic representation-child is able to use broom as horse
Egocentrism- child waves to say high on phone
Centration- tall glass, wide glass same amount but tall has more

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Concrete Operations 7-11

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Conversation, reversibility, classification.. be able to tell difference between tall and wide cup

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Formal Operations 11-adult

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Hypthetico-deductive reasoning.. all men are mortal

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