Unit 1

Question 0

Sequenced steps

Answer 0

Goes in order

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

All the traits that are passed down to a child from a blood relative

Question 2

Principles of growth and development

Answer 2

Although each person is unique there is still patterns in ways people usual grow and develop

Question 3

Developmental delay

Answer 3

When a child acts like a younger child

Question 4

Cognitive Reserve

Answer 4

A buffer of extra brain networks built by stimulating experiences

Question 5

Developmental acceleration

Answer 5

When a child acts like an older child

Question 6

Brain plasticity

Answer 6

The ability to be shaped and reshaped

Question 7

Window of opportunities

Answer 7

A prime period in a child’s life to develop a specific skill

Question 8

Pruning

Answer 8

The process if weeding out under used or weak connections between neurons

Question 9

Synapse

Answer 9

Space between the axon and dendrite the electrical signal jumps between the two

Question 10

Dendrites

Answer 10

Receive or sends messages

Question 11

Axons

Answer 11

Delivers messages

Question 12

Wiring

Answer 12

The process of making connections between 1 neuron and another

Question 13

Neurons

Answer 13

Brain cells that control tasks and send messages

Question 14

Individual life cycle

Answer 14

The stages of aging throughout your life

Question 15

Child development

Answer 15

The biological and psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth and adolescence

Question 16

Environment

Answer 16

All conditions and situations that affect a child

Question 17

Genetics

Answer 17

The study if the factors involved in the passing of the traits from one generation to the next

Question 18

Genes

Answer 18

Sections of DNA found in a person’s cells that determine the individual traits someone will have