Topic 2- Child Development for Educators

What is Brain plasticity?

• The capacity of the brain to change and develop new neural connections throughout the lifespan

• The ability of the neural networks of the brain to grow larger throughout development

• How plastic the brain looks

• the tendency for some neural functions or cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain.

The outer layer of the brain is called

• The Amygdala

• The Skull

• The cerebral cortex

• The cerebellum

The synapse is the

• myelination that surrounds the axon

• gap between the axon and dendrites of two neurons

• Where the neurotransmitters are held for absorption

• Type of neuron that is found in the brain

Attachment is

• The strong emotional bond between the infant and caregiver

• The enlargement of the axon during an impulse

• The emotional bond between two students

• When two parts of the brain connect to create a nerve impulse

Fine motor skills involve movements such as

• Running, Jumping, Walking

• Thinking, reasoning, memorising

• Juggling, Speaking, kicking

• Grasping, writing, cutting

Gross motor skills include

• Thinking, Analysing, Evaluating

• Pinching, Typing, Drawing

• Jogging, Dancing, Jumping

• Running, Painting, Knitting

A neurotransmitter

• A hormone that is released to signal the next phase of development

• Branch like protrusions from a neuron that recieves messages

• A chemical secretion released from the dendrites to stimulate an impulse

• A chemical substance which carries messages across the synapse between neurons

Lateralisation is

• The specialisation of functions in the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex

• The process by which an axon is insulated with a sheath of fatty cells

• The ridges formed in the cerebrum to allow more surface area

• Is the impulse that is sent across a neuron's axon

What is a factor that will have a negative impact upon a child's brain development?

• Neglect

• Trauma

• Poor nutrition

• Coming from a different country

What is Epigenetics

• a ridge or fold between two clefts on the cerebral surface in the brain.

• the genetic properties of a person

• the study of how your behaviours and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.

• The basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child