Unit 2 Test

Which of the following is NOT something that children learn?

• Motor skills like walking, throwing a ball, or cutting with scissors.

• Public speaking skills.

• Understanding, speaking, read and writting words.

• How to interact with others.

Although the whole body is involved in learning, the command center of the body is the _____.

• heart

• eyes

• brain

• ears

Times when the brain is best able to wire specific skills.

• pruning

• sensitive periods

• sorting process

• window of opportunity

Process of a chemical and electrical signal jumping from one neuron to another and forming connections.

• neurons

• pruning

• sensitive periods

• sorting process

Much of the knowledge scientists have gained about brain development comes from the use of high technology brain scans and advances in _____.

• abundance

• biochemistry

• neurons

• dendrites

Brain cells that send and receive chemical and electrical impulses to direct the various tasks of the brain.

• dendrites

• firing process

• glial cells

• neurons

Prime period in a child’s life for developing a particular skill.

• window of opportunity

• firing process

• axons

• neurons

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of newborn brain development?

• increases in head circumference

• increases of 5 to 10 percent inn brain weight during a stage

• changes in the cells

• decreased activity in frontal lobe

Process of the brain weeding out rarely used connections.

• glial cells

• neurons

• pruning

• sensitive periods

A _____ is a prime period in a child’s life for developing a particular skill.

• window of opportunity

• critical period

• sensitive period

• myelin