Week 2 Puberty and Brain growth

Question 1

Puberty timing for boys and girls

Answer 1

• girls growth peaks 1 yr after puberty begins
• boys growth peaks 2 yrs after

-boys start puberty 2 yrs after girls

Question 2

puberty characteristics for boys and girls

Answer 2

• girls begin and end puberty earlier than boys

- boys taller than girls until girls approach puberty

Question 3

adiposity

Answer 3

increased body far during development

Question 4

brain growth and changes in middle childhood (regions of the brain, age-related milestones)

Answer 4

• brain growth peaks at age 10.5 (girls) and 14.5 (boys)
• frontal lobe
• parietal lobe
• corpus callous

Question 5

bilingualism

Answer 5

-1/4 children speak two languages

Question 6

code-switching

Answer 6

• related to academic achievement

- shifting how we communicate to the world based on where we are or who we are with

Question 7

normative vocabulary and grammar development

Answer 7

-6 yr olds know most basic vocabulary and grammar of first language

Question 8

timing of language learning

Answer 8

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Question 9

language benefits

Answer 9

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Question 10

working memory

Answer 10

• current conscious mental activity occurs

- helps us focus on information and memorize things

Question 11

cognitive flexibility

Answer 11

• being able to filter out information

- working memory + inhibition = selective attention = cognitive flexibility

Question 12

sensory memory

Answer 12

• incoming stimulus information is stored for a split second to allow it to be processed
• sights, smells, what we hear

Question 13

metacognition

Answer 13

• the ability to evaluate a cognitive task in order to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to monitor and adjust one’s performance on that task
• being more aware of our skills

Question 14

metamemory

Answer 14

recognizing we have multiple forms of memory