Development- How did you develop? Flashcards
Early brain development: What is the Neural Plate?
it is the foundation of a baby’s brain and spinal cord.
Early brain development: What is the Forebrain?
It means ‘last brain’, or the most recently developed portion of our brain.
Early brain development: What is the Midbrain?
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.
Early brain development: What is the Hindbrain?
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.
Early brain development: What is the Medulla?
It is two rounded structures located besides the medulla.
Early brain development: What is the Pons?
It serves as the bridge towards the midbrain.
Early brain development: How does the neural plate turn into the neural tube?
It grows longer and folds onto itself, until that fold morphs into a groove, and that groove turns into the neural tube.
Early brain development: Which is the oldest part of the brain?
The Hindbrain.
Early brain development: Problems with writing are associated with which part of the brain?
The cerebellum.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: Suggest how you could test if a baby has developed object permanence.
Show an object to the baby, then hide it behind your back.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: How would the baby respond if it lacked object permanence?
It would show no interest and look away/ continue playing.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: How would the baby respond if it had object permanence?
It would try and look behind your back or pull the arm holding the object.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is a schema?
A type of mental structure that children use to help them organize knowledge of the world.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is sensorimotor?
Experiencing the world mainly through senses and physical activity.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is object permanence?
The ability to appreciate that things exist even when they cannot be seen.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is symbolic representation?
Means that the child can now represent events in their minds and anticipate events.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is representational play?
A form of make-believe play.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is Egocentricity?
It means the child is unable to see the world form anything but their own point of view.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is animism?
The belief that everything is alive.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What is conservation?
The ability to understand that some features of an object may change whilst others stay the same.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What are operations?
They are thought processes which have the characteristic of being reversible, or can be done backwards.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: List the four main features of the pre-operational stage.
Egocentrism, animism, lack of conservation and lack of reversibility.
Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: What are the four types of conservation?
Conservation of quantity, length, number and liquid.
Piaget’s theory application to education: What is disequilibrium?
An imbalance when encountering information that requires us to develop new schemas.
Piaget’s theory application to education: What is assimilation?
The process of acquiring new knowledge by relating it to existing knowledge.
Piaget’s theory application to education: What is accommodation?
The process of changing the way in which the person acts or the way they see the world.
Piaget’s theory of application to intelligence: What is equilibrium?
When existing schemas are capable of explaining what a child is experiencing, a state of balance.
