Chapter 8 vocab

Question 1

corpus callosum

Answer 1

thick bundle of nerve fibers that connects the left & right hemispheres of the brain.

Question 2

plasticity

Answer 2

tendency of new parts of the brain to take up functions of injured parts.

Question 3

fine motor skills

Answer 3

skills employing small muscles used in manipulation, such as those in the fingers.

Question 4

gross motor skill

Answer 4

skills employing large muscles used in locomotion.

Question 5

sleep terrors

Answer 5

frightening dreamlike experiences that occur during the deepest stage of non-REM sleep, shortly after child has gone to sleep.

Question 6

SOMNAMBULISM

Answer 6

Sleepwalking

Question 7

enuresis

Answer 7

failure to control bladder (urination) once normal age for control has been reached.

Question 8

bed-wetting

Answer 8

failure to control bladder during the night.

Question 9

encopresis

Answer 9

failure to control bowels once normal age for bowel control has been reached. Also called soiling.