Early childhood

What is the approximate date of frontal lobe maturation?

• 2 years old

• 22 years old

• 25 years old

• 10 years old

Rapid proliferation of new neural connections.

• Myelination

• Neurulation

• Synaptogenesis

• Pruning

Reduction of unused synapses.

• Myelination

• Neurulation

• Synaptogenesis

• Pruning

Balance & control of body movement.

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Corpus collosum

• Pituitary gland

• Retucular formation

Alertness and consciousness.

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Corpus collosum

• Pituitary gland

• Retucular formation

Memory, image of space.

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Corpus collosum

• Pituitary gland

• Retucular formation

Connecting cerebral hemispheres.

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Corpus collosum

• Pituitary gland

• Retucular formation

Releases growth hormone, hyroid-stimulating hormone.

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Corpus collosum

• Pituitary gland

• Retucular formation

If a child has difficulty thinking abstractly what is imparied?

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Prefrontal lobe

• Motor cortex

• Sensory cortex

By what age do children start walking quickly?

• 2 years old

• 6 years old

• 9 years old

• 13 years old