test number 2 on chapters 3 and 4 Flashcards

1
Q

dendrites

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

axons

A

passes messages away from the cell body to other neurons.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

myelin

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

synaptic blooming

A

period of rapid neural growth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

synaptic pruning

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

plasticity

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

frontal lobe

A

cognitive (thinking) funtioning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

parietal lobe

A

ability to process sensation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

occipital lobe

A

center for vision

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

temporal lobes

A

ability to hear

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

co sleeping

A

sleeping with your baby side by side.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

sids

A

the death of a healthy infant suddenly and unexpectedly.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

fine motor skills

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

gross motor skills

A

larger movements like controlling the head, running, and jumping

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

palmer grasp

A

grasping using palm and fingers- no thumb

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

pincer

A

using forefinger and thumbs (using a pencil)

17
Q

vision

A

most poorly developed at birth.

18
Q

hearing

A

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

19
Q

touch and pain

A

highly sensitive to pain, touch, and temperature.

20
Q

taste and smell

A

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

21
Q

breastfeeding benefits

A

digest better, immune system stronger, less gastro problems

22
Q

breastfeeding challenges

A

cultural attitudes, inability to produce milk, working

23
Q

sensorimotor

A

using senses

24
Q

assimilation

A

add to your knowledge base

25
accommodation
no existing knowledge. reconstructing to accommodate new information.
26
infantile amnesia
inability to recall memories from first few years of life.
27
object permanence
understanding that even if something is out of site it still exists.
28
language
system of communication
29
language milestones
crying, cooing, babling, holophrasic sentences (one word), telegraphic phrases (two words)
30
easy temperament,
adapt quickly
31
slow to warm up temperament
adjusts slowly
32
difficult temperament
trouble adapting
33
goodness of fit
the fit between the childs temperament and the parents temperament
34
freuds theory of attachment
infants are oral creatures. infants get pleasure sucking on things and gets attached what satisfies their needs.
35
harlows theory of attachment
social and physical needs.
36
ericksons theory of attachment
satisfy need for trust building