Definitions And Brain Functions

Question 1

Function of the frontal lope

Answer 1

Voluntary movement, expressive language and managing higher level executive functions.

Question 2

Function of parietal lobe

Answer 2

Sensory processing

Question 3

Function of temporal lobe

Answer 3

Processing auditory information and with the encoding of memory.

Question 4

Function of occipital lobe

Answer 4

Object and face recognition, colour and determination.

Question 5

Sensory interaction

Answer 5

Received through senses

Question 6

Motor

Answer 6

Movement

Question 7

Autonomic

Answer 7

Involuntary functions in the body (heart beat, breathing, digestion)

Question 8

Hemispheres

Answer 8

The two halves of the brain

Question 9

Cognitive

Answer 9

Mental process (thinking logic, problem solving).

Question 10

Early brain development 3-4 weeks into pregnancy

Answer 10

Brain begins to develop, the neutral plate folds over to form the neutral tube, the brain forms into 3 parts (front, mind, thalamus). Develops into the specialised parts of the brain, the cerebrum will fold into the left and right halves of the brain.

Question 11

Early brain development- 6-7 weeks into pregnancy

Answer 11

The brain splits into 2, one eventually forming the cortex and the thalamus of the brain.

Question 12

15 weeks into pregnancy

Answer 12

Areas become more structured and separated. The cerebrum had separated from the rest of the brain.

Question 13

6 moths to birth

Answer 13

Fully formed but still developing, stems matured, folds on the cortex begin to form (wrinkle).

Question 14

Nature

Answer 14

The idea that our characteristics come from genetics.

Question 15

Nurture

Answer 15

The idea that our behaviour and characteristics come from the environment were in.

Question 16

Schemas

Answer 16

Mental framework of beliefs about the world that develop due to experiences, e.g when you go to the hospital you think of medicine, sickness and injury.

Question 17

Assimilation

Answer 17

Adding new info into an existing schema.

Question 18

Accommodation

Answer 18

Information doesn’t fit into and existing schema so a new one is formed or changed.

Question 19

Object permanence

Answer 19

(Sensory motor stage, ages 0-2). Understanding that an object still exists even when they cannot be seen.

Question 20

Egocentric

Answer 20

(Pre-operational 2-7) they cannot see things from another’s point of view.

Question 21

Conservation

Answer 21

(Concrete operational 7-11) knowing the amount of something stays the same even if the app wrench changes.

Question 22

Formal operational 11+

Answer 22

By this age children can think logically using abstract ideas.

Question 23

Readiness

Answer 23

You cannot teach a child to preform tasks until they are biologically ready

Question 24

Growth mindset

Answer 24

People with a growth mindset belive that ability and intelligence can develop through practice.

Question 25

Fixed mindset

Answer 25

Someone who believes that ability/ intelligence is innate, fixed in their genes and there’s nothing they can do to change it.

Question 26

Mindset continuum

Answer 26

People are not only one but a mix between growth and a fixed mindset

Question 27

Praise

Answer 27

To express of someone else and or what they have done, it increases motivation

Question 28

Self efficacy

Answer 28

A persons understanding of their own capabilities

Question 29

Visualisers

Answer 29

Peeper learning things by using pictures rather than words, remeber things by what they look like.

Question 30

Auditory/ verbalises

Answer 30

Prefers to learn information by hearing it or reading it.

Question 31

Kinaesthetic

Answer 31

Prefers to learn info by direct experiments and active exploration.