WorksheetsThe Growing Brain Trivia
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which statement regarding brain development is true?
Adult brains are better able to recover from injury than children’s brains.
Young children’s brains do not experience synapse rearrangement.
The final stage of plasticity occurs during the adolescent years.
Children’s brains are much more plastic than adults’ brains.
This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies
Object Permanence
Representational thought
They don't have xray vision
Imprinting
At about which of the following times in one's life, is the brain finished maturing?
Childhood
Adolescence
Mid-20s
It is always maturing
According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:
Adhere to social norms
Reason abstractly
Distinguish between good and bad behaviours
Become aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviours
Which of the following is not true about the development of different brain regions during childhood and adolescence
Gray matter development in basic sensory regions peaks at age 25
Gray matter in the frontal and parietal (front and sides) lobes starts reducing after age 12
Gray matter development in the occipital (back) lobe peaks at age 20
Gray matter development in the frontal and parietal (front and sides) lobe peaks at age 12
Which statement is true about the development of affective (emotional) responses from childhood to adolescence?
There is a general decrease in amygdala reactivity
As a person grows, the dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex gets more involved in the processing of emotional events
A and B
As a person grows, there is more reaction to both negative and neutral stimuli
Which brain regions and behaviours develop during the emerging adulthood phase (late teens to mid-20s)?
Frontal and Parietal lobes
& sensory-based decision-making
Limbic System (Nucleus Accumbens, Insula, Amygdala and Striatum)
& Emotional regulation, motivation and memory consolidation
Cerebellum
& fine-motor control, motor learning and independent control of different limbs
Prefrontal Cortex and the Limbic System (such as the amygdala)
& future-oriented behaviour and decreased risky decision-making
