Child Development Basics

This is the process in which neural pathways not used often are eliminated.

• Synaptic Pruning

• Myelination

• Limbic System

• Prefrontal Cortex

What is the name of the process of creating new synapses that happens very quickly in the first couple of years after birth

• Synaptic pruning

• Synaptomiosis

• Myelinization

• Synaptogenesis

Your brain has the ability to change in response to

experience. This ability is known as

• flexibility

• plasticity

• responsiveness

• reactivity

At about what age is the brain finished developing in size?

• 5

• 12

• 20

• 25

Which theory of child development proposes that systems and interrelationships that surround a child affect all aspects of child's development?

• social learning theory

• ecological systems theory

• cognitive developmental theory

• sociocultural theory

The longitudinal method compares the performance or observations across ages by taking repeated measurements from ________.

• the same people across time

• different people across time

• different people on the same day.

• the same people on the same day.

What are the 3 primary areas of focus in child development?

• cognitive, socioemotional, and behavior genetics

• physical, cognitive, and socioemotional

• physical, cognitive, and cultural

• socioemotional, behavior genetics, and cultural

Epigenetics genetics postulates that

• nurture has a larger impact than nature on a child's development.

• nature has a larger impact than nurture on a child's development.

• both nature and nurture have an impact on a child's development.

• neither nature nor nurture have an impact on a child's development.

____________________ is the development a gradual, continuous process or a sequence of separate stages

• Medical Model

• Early/Late

  Experiences

• Nature/Nurture

• Continuity/Stages

By about the second half of the fifth year, most children consistently use either their right or left hand for most activities.

• True

• False