Chp. 5: Physical Development in Infancy Flashcards

5168079746	Left Hemisphere	controls right-side motor function	0
5168082174	Right Hemisphere	controls left-side motor function	1
5168096808	Corpus Callosum	Both hemispheres are connected by these bundle of nerves.	2
5168098647	Brain Stem	includes the spinal cord; controls breathing, heartbeat, and blood pressure	3
5168103297	Cerebellum	controls balance and movement	4
5168105326	Occipital Lobe	processes visual information	5
5168105327	Temporal Lobe	active in hearing, language, memory for facts, visual memory, and emotion.	6
5168107342	Parietal Lobe	processes sensory input and spatial awareness	7
5168107343	Frontal Lobe	processes complex thoughts, movement, language, working memory and self-control.	8
5168110307	Neurons	Infants are born with almost all the ____ they'll ever have	9
5168137718	Synaptogenesis	the development of new synapses	10
5168146071	Plasticity	the ability of an immature brain to change in form and function	11
5168155784	Experience-Expectant brain development	occurs when we encounter experiences that our brain expects as a normal event. light sensitivity, most people experience this	12
5168165619	Experience-Dependent brain development	occurs in response to specific learning experiences. more individual.	13
5168176356	Myelination	the process of laying down a fatty sheath of myelin on the neurons. Needs to occur for neural messages to be sent successfully	14
5168181341	Cerebral Palsy	a chronic condition that appears early in development and primarily involves problems with body movement and muscle coordination.	15
5168181342	Autism	disorder characterized by pervasive impairment in social communication and interaction and by restricted or repetitive behaviors, interest or activities. Range of symptoms and outcomes.	16
5168185762	Sensation	the information from the environment that is picked up by our senses. Allows child to learn about the world they live in.	17
5168185763	Perception	the process of understanding what your senses are telling you	18
5168187959	Mirror Neurons	facilitate imitation, even in newborns.	19
5168208408	20/400	Newborns have this type of vision when they are born	20
5168504312	Hearing	Sense that is enabled prenatally; exposes to moms voice and heartbeat in the womb.	21
5168512348	Cross-modal transfer of perception	perception w/one sense enables recognition of that object w/another sense, such as touch. For example, a woman searching for her keys in her purse without looking. Newborns also have this, but only for something they've touched but never seen.	22
5168525951	Reflexes	patterned, involuntary motor responses that are controlled by the lower brain centers. Premature children are not good at this.	23
5168525952	Gross motor skills	skills that involve moving large muscles such as arms or legs	24
5168529162	Fine motor skills	skills that involve small movements such as fingers, lips, tongue or hands.	25
5168529163	Cephalocaudal	from the head, down	26
5168531164	Proximodistal	from the torso, outward	27
5168531165	Depth Perception	The visual cliff experiment was created to see if infants have this, and they do.	28
5168535231	Cry it out	method where the parent is letting the infant fall back asleep on its own and without the parents help.	29
5168536881	Falls	account for over 50% of injuries in kids under 1	30
5168536882	Infant Mortality	death within the first year of an infants life	31
5168539415	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	the unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant (SIDS)	32
5168539425	Back to Sleep	program that recommends parents to place an infant on its back to sleep.	33
5168540713	Cortisol	a hormone produced as part of the stress response that prepares the body for a threat or challenge.	34