Development- How did you develop?

Question 1

Early brain development: What is the Neural Plate?

Answer 1

it is the foundation of a baby’s brain and spinal cord.

Question 2

Early brain development: What is the Forebrain?

Answer 2

It means ‘last brain’, or the most recently developed portion of our brain.

Question 3

Early brain development: What is the Midbrain?

Answer 3

It serves to relay information between the Hindbrain and the Forebrain. It acts as the information superhighway connecting theses two regions, particularly information coming from the eyes and the ears.

Question 4

Early brain development: What is the Hindbrain?

Answer 4

It is located at the rear of the skull and is the lowest portion of the brain and includes the medulla, the cerebellum and the pons.

Question 5

Early brain development: What is the Medulla?

Answer 5

It is two rounded structures located besides the medulla.

Question 6

Early brain development: What is the Pons?

Answer 6

It serves as the bridge towards the midbrain.

Question 7

Early brain development: How does the neural plate turn into the neural tube?

Answer 7

It grows longer and folds onto itself, until that fold morphs into a groove, and that groove turns into the neural tube.

Question 8

Early brain development: Which is the oldest part of the brain?

Answer 8

The Hindbrain.

Question 9

Early brain development: Problems with writing are associated with which part of the brain?

Answer 9

The cerebellum.

Question 10

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: Suggest how you could test if a baby has developed object permanence.

Answer 10

Show an object to the baby, then hide it behind your back.

Question 11

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: How would the baby respond if it lacked object permanence?

Answer 11

It would show no interest and look away/ continue playing.

Question 12

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: How would the baby respond if it had object permanence?

Answer 12

It would try and look behind your back or pull the arm holding the object.

Question 13

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is a schema?

Answer 13

A type of mental structure that children use to help them organize knowledge of the world.

Question 14

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is sensorimotor?

Answer 14

Experiencing the world mainly through senses and physical activity.

Question 15

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is object permanence?

Answer 15

The ability to appreciate that things exist even when they cannot be seen.

Question 16

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is symbolic representation?

Answer 16

Means that the child can now represent events in their minds and anticipate events.

Question 17

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is representational play?

Answer 17

A form of make-believe play.

Question 18

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is Egocentricity?

Answer 18

It means the child is unable to see the world form anything but their own point of view.

Question 19

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is animism?

Answer 19

The belief that everything is alive.

Question 20

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is conservation?

Answer 20

The ability to understand that some features of an object may change whilst others stay the same.

Question 21

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What are operations?

Answer 21

They are thought processes which have the characteristic of being reversible, or can be done backwards.

Question 22

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: List the four main features of the pre-operational stage.

Answer 22

Egocentrism, animism, lack of conservation and lack of reversibility.

Question 23

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What are the four types of conservation?

Answer 23

Conservation of quantity, length, number and liquid.

Question 24

Piaget’s theory application to education: What is disequilibrium?

Answer 24

An imbalance when encountering information that requires us to develop new schemas.

Question 25

Piaget’s theory application to education: What is assimilation?

Answer 25

The process of acquiring new knowledge by relating it to existing knowledge.

Question 26

Piaget’s theory application to education: What is accommodation?

Answer 26

The process of changing the way in which the person acts or the way they see the world.

Question 27

Piaget’s theory of application to intelligence: What is equilibrium?

Answer 27

When existing schemas are capable of explaining what a child is experiencing, a state of balance.