Development and brain functions

What part of the brain controls our balance and coordination?

• thalamus

• cortex

• brain stem

• cerebellum

What part of the brain processes touch, more specifically heat and pressure?

• parietal lobe

• visual area

• somatosensory area

• motor area

What part of the brain oversees all aspects of moevement?

• Motor area

• somatosensory area

• cerebellum

• cortex

What part of the brain is responsible for our thinking and processing skills?

• the thalamus

• the pre-frontal lobe

• the cortex

• the frontal lobe

What part of the brain is responsible for receiving and sending on visual information?

• the cerebellum

• the thalamus

• the occipital lobe

• the frontal lobe

Where does sensory processing take place?

• Both in the somatosensory area and motor areas of both hemispheres

• In the thalamus and brain stem

• In the occipital lobe and motor areas

• In the visual area at the back and in the auditory areas at the side of the head

Nature refers to

• when our brain development is influenced by the mother smoking

• what we are born with, which is the same as 'innate'

• what we learn from our family and environment, which is the same as 'learned'

• the beautiful world around us

When a child has a schema for a dog as something small and yappy, then has to add a large dog into that schema, this is called

• accommodation

• assimilation

Piaget suggested that young children think differently to adults. He said this was because

• he underestimated their abilities

• they are not able to think logically about the world

• they are not in the formal operational stage yet

• they are just smaller versions of adults

One real-word strength of Piaget's research is

• they have influenced classroom teaching

• children develop logic in stages

• Hughes' policeman doll study challenged Piaget's ideas

• other researchers have found similar conclusions