test number 2 on chapters 3 and 4

Question 1

dendrites

Answer 1

receiving and taking information. They are branching extensions that that collect information from other neurons.

Question 2

axons

Answer 2

passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons.

Question 3

myelin

Answer 3

fatty coating on axons. more myelin you have makes you react quicker. you see and think better.

Question 4

synaptic blooming

Answer 4

period of rapid neural growth

Question 5

synaptic pruning

Answer 5

neural connections reduced. strengthening connections that have already been made.

Question 6

plasticity

Answer 6

the brains ability to change both physically and chemically to enhance its adaptability to environmental change and compensate for injury.

Question 7

frontal lobe

Answer 7

cognitive (thinking) funtioning

Question 8

parietal lobe

Answer 8

ability to process sensation

Question 9

occipital lobe

Answer 9

center for vision

Question 10

temporal lobes

Answer 10

ability to hear

Question 11

co sleeping

Answer 11

sleeping with your baby side by side.

Question 12

sids

Answer 12

the death of a healthy infant suddenly and unexpectedly.

Question 13

fine motor skills

Answer 13

fingers, toes, and eyes, and coordination of small actions like grasping toys, pencils and spoons.

Question 14

gross motor skills

Answer 14

larger movements like controlling the head, running, and jumping

Question 15

palmer grasp

Answer 15

grasping using palm and fingers- no thumb

Question 16

pincer

Answer 16

using forefinger and thumbs (using a pencil)

Question 17

vision

Answer 17

most poorly developed at birth.

Question 18

hearing

Answer 18

good at birth. prefer mothers voices. recognize familiar sounds.

Question 19

touch and pain

Answer 19

highly sensitive to pain, touch, and temperature.

Question 20

taste and smell

Answer 20

babies can distinguish between flavors and prefer sweet flavors. they like the smell of their mothers.

Question 21

breastfeeding benefits

Answer 21

digest better, immune system stronger, less gastro problems

Question 22

breastfeeding challenges

Answer 22

cultural attitudes, inability to produce milk, working

Question 23

sensorimotor

Answer 23

using senses

Question 24

assimilation

Answer 24

add to your knowledge base

Question 25

accommodation

Answer 25

no existing knowledge. reconstructing to accommodate new information.

Question 26

infantile amnesia

Answer 26

inability to recall memories from first few years of life.

Question 27

object permanence

Answer 27

understanding that even if something is out of site it still exists.

Question 28

language

Answer 28

system of communication

Question 29

language milestones

Answer 29

crying, cooing, babling, holophrasic sentences (one word), telegraphic phrases (two words)

Question 30

easy temperament,

Answer 30

adapt quickly

Question 31

slow to warm up temperament

Answer 31

adjusts slowly

Question 32

difficult temperament

Answer 32

trouble adapting

Question 33

goodness of fit

Answer 33

the fit between the childs temperament and the parents temperament

Question 34

freuds theory of attachment

Answer 34

infants are oral creatures. infants get pleasure sucking on things and gets attached what satisfies their needs.

Question 35

harlows theory of attachment

Answer 35

social and physical needs.

Question 36

ericksons theory of attachment

Answer 36

satisfy need for trust building