Infancy

Question 1

the sequence in which growth proceeds from top to bottom

Answer 1

cephalocaudal pattern

Question 2

the sequence in which growth starts at
the center of the body and moves
toward the extremities.

Answer 2

proximodistal pattern

Question 3

estimated number that infants develop after birth, infancy, and later.

Answer 3

100 billion nerve cells

Question 4

increase of neuron connection: occurs in first two years of life.

Answer 4

dendritic spreading

Question 5

accelerate nerve impulse conduction from infancy to adolescence.

Answer 5

myelination

Question 6

speech & grammar

Answer 6

left hemisphere

Question 7

specialization of function in one hemisphere or the other.

Answer 7

lateralization

Question 8

voluntary movement, thinking, personality, and intentionality or purpose.

Answer 8

frontal lobe

Question 9

vision

Answer 9

occipital lobe

Question 10

active role in hearing, language processing, and memory

Answer 10

temporal lobe

Question 11

registering spatial location, attention, and motor control

Answer 11

parietal lobe

Question 12

genes

Answer 12

biological processes

Question 13

conditions that influence the brain’s development

Answer 13

environmental conditions

Question 14

the ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure and functions.

Answer 14

brain plasticity

Question 15

how much hours do newborns usually sleep?

Answer 15

18 hours