Intellectual Development

The tiny gap between the dendrites that transmit messages from one neuron to another.

• Synapses

• Myelin

• Pathways

• Cell Body

• Neuron

Fatty substance that coasts axons and allows neurons to function more quickly.

• Neuron

• Dendrite

• Myelin

• Axon

• Synapse

The ability of a baby to learn from information she receives through her senses.

• Attention Span

• Perception

• Permanence

• Sign Language

The length of time a baby can concentrate on a task without getting board.

• Perception

• Time Span

• Attention Span

What is the concept, when a baby realizes that an object still exists even whe it is hidden from sight?

• Sensorimotor

• Concret Operations

• Fromal Operations

• Object Permanence

What is the ability to use words and numbers to stand for ideas?

• Object Permanence

• Perception

• Sign Language

• Symbolic Thinking

The link between the different neurons in the brain.

• Neural Pathways

• Walking Pathways

• Cell Body

• Axon

The part of the brain's cerebrum that allows a baby to learn complex activites.

• Cortex

• Cerebrum

• Brain Stem

• Cerebellum

Caregivers who have the child watch educational videos is a way to encourage learning.

• True

• False

Play is important to a baby because it develops motor skills, vital to intellectual development, and allows the babies to learn about the world around them.

• True

• False